RPC VI, 8697 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8697 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AVΡ (sic) SEV ALEXANDER, Δ
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Aup(elius) Sev(erus) Alexander Δ
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander D(?)
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription SEP TVRO (sic) METROP COL PEMIC (sic), Δ
Edition Sep(timia) Tyro metrop(olis) col(oniae) PEMIC Δ
Translation Septimian Tyre, metropolis, colony PEMIC D(?)
Reverse design three-quarter view of temple with four columns, right, with stairway; globe in pediment; below, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.74 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Rouvier 2421
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)

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