RPC VI, 8600 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8600 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Κ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΑΜΑϹΚΟΥ ΙΕΡΑϹ ΚΑΙ ΕΝΔΟΞΟΥ, ϹΕΒΑϹΜΙΑ
Edition Δαμασκοῦ ἱερᾶς καὶ ἐνδόξου Σεβασμία
Translation of Damascus, holy and glorious, the Sebasmia (Augustan Games)
Reverse design inscription within wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.12 g
Axis 2, 12
Reference De Saulcy 1
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.83693
2 2     O
3 3     Harvard: 1980.85.228
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     Lindgren I, 2145
6 6     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 618