RPC VI, 8583


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	VI
Number	8583 (temporary)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Sidon
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	CAE M AVR SEV ALEXADR (sic)
Edition	Cae(sar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Sev(erus) Alexa<n>d<e>r
Translation	Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	COL AVR PIA MET SID
Edition	col(onia) Aur(elia) Pia Met(ropolis) Sid(on)
Translation	Colony of Aurelia Pia Metropolis Sidon
Reverse design	Europa seated on galloping bull, right, holding inflated veil over head
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	21 mm
Average weight	5.20 g
Axis	6, 12
Specimens	7 (6 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	L: 1908,0110.1321	BMC 311	22.2	7.19	6	Show
2	2 ✸	L: 1844,0425.562	BMC 312	20.5	4.78	6	Show
3	3	B: L1906		21	6.20	12	Show
4	4	B: I-B1900		20	4.29	12	Show
5	5	NY: 1944.100.72506		19	5.53	12	Show
6	6	NY: 1948.19.2267		21	4.07	12	Show
7	7		Lindgren I, 2336		4.35		Show