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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8696 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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) |