RPC VI, 8696


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Coin type
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Volume	VI
Number	8696 (temporary)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Tyre
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMP CAES M AVP (sic) SEV ALEXANDER
Edition	Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Au{p}<r>(elius) Sev(erus) Alexander
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	SEP TVRO METRO COL
Edition	Sep(timia) Tyro metro(polis) col(onia)
Translation	Septimian Tyre, metropolis, colony
Reverse design	Harpocrates nude standing facing, head left, wearing lotus flower on head and holding cornucopia; at his feet, lighted altar; to left, murex shell; to right, club(?)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	21 mm
Average weight	5.47 g
Reference	Rouvier 2370 (as Elagabalus)
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			P: B2237	Rouvier 2370.1	21	5.47			Show
2	2				Rouvier 2370.2 = Mi V, 434, 652					Show