RPC VI, 8701 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8701 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IM C ALEX[..?]
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription TVRIORVM
Edition Tyriorum
Translation of the Tyrians
Reverse design galley, r, with aplustre on stern; above, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.26 g
Axis 6
Reference Rouvier 2393 (as Elagabalus)
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 835A
2 2     NY: 1944.100.81857
3 3     Rouvier 2393