RPC VI, 8692 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8692 (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(E)(B)
Edition M(arcus) Au(relius) Alexander Caes(ar) Seb(astos)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed, draped 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 26 mm
Average weight 9.31 g
Axis 11
Reference Rouvier 2417corr.–8
Specimens 12 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1906,0712.126 BMC 419
2 2     P: 626
3 3     P: 837
4 4     P: B2261 Rouvier 2417.1
5 5     B: L1906
5 5     Savoca Coins Blue 150th Blue, 10 - 11 Dec. 2022, lot 915
6 6     ✸ NY
7 7     O
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 2225
10 10     Rouvier 2417.2 = Mi V, 438, 674
11 11     Rouvier 2418