| URI |
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8690
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| Volume |
VI |
| Number |
8690 (temporary) |
| Province |
Syria Phoenice
|
| Region |
Phoenicia
|
| City |
Tyre
|
| Reign |
Elagabalus
|
| Person (obv.) |
Severus Alexander (Caesar)
|
| Issue |
Colonial issue
|
| Obverse inscription |
M AV ALEXANDER CAES S |
| Edition |
M(arcus) Au(relius) Alexander Caes(ar) S(everus)
|
| Translation |
Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar Severus |
| Obverse design |
bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear |
| Reverse inscription |
SEP TVRO (sic) COLO |
| Edition |
Sep(timia) Tyro colo(nia)
|
| Translation |
Septimian Tyre, colony |
| Reverse design |
Marsyas standing, right, carrying wineskin on shoulder and raising hand towards palm tree; between them, star on murex shell |
| Metal |
copper-based alloy |
| Average diameter |
24 mm |
| Average weight |
8.29 g |
| Axis |
12 |
| Reference |
Rouvier 2418 |
| Specimens |
7 (3 in the core collections) |
