RPC VI, 8698 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8698 (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
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Au{p}<r>e(lius) Sev(erus) Alexander
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription SEP TVRO (sic) METROP COL PEMIC (sic), Δ
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 20 mm
Average weight 5.88 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 2384 (as Elagabalus)
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 836A
2 2     P: B2233 Rouvier 2384.2
3 3     NY: 1944.100.81834
4 4     NY: 1944.100.81833
5 5     O
6 6     ✸ V: GR 22373
7 7     Beirut-AUB: C1505 258
8 8     Rouvier 2384.1
9 9     Rouvier 2384.3