RPC VI, 8575


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8575 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	8575 (temporary)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Sidon
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMR (sic) CAE MAR (sic) SEV ALEXANDER
Edition	Im{r}<p>(erator) Cae(sar) Mar(cus) Sev(erus) Alexander
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Severus Alexander
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	COL AVR PIA METRO SID(O)
Edition	col(onia) Aur(elia) Pia Metro(polis) Sido(n)
Translation	Colony of Aurelia Pia Metropolis Sidon
Reverse design	within laurel wreath
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Average weight	10.65 g
Axis	6, 12
Reference	Rouvier 1622–3
Specimens	6 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: B1859	Rouvier 1622.1	25	10.30			Show
2	2	B: L1906		26	14.47	12		Show
3	3 ✸	NY: 1944.100.72508		25	8.83	6		Show
4	4		Rouvier 1622.2 = Mi V, 391, 371					Show
5	5		Rouvier 1622.3 = RN 1861, 103					Show
6	6		Rouvier 1623	25	9.00		Rouvier Coll.	Show