RPC VI, 8703 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8703 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Sev(erus) Alexander
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription SE TVR METRO COLO
Edition Septimia Tyro metropolis colonia Se(ptimia) Tyr(o) metro(polis) colo(nia)
Translation Septimian Tyre, metropolis, colony
Reverse design Dido(?) standing, left, on galley, right, holding cornucopia and aphlaston; at stern, aplustre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.66 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Rouvier 2419 corr.
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: L1906
2 2     CNG EA 401, 12 July 2017, lot 314
3 3     ✸ Richard McAlee coll. = CNG EA 408, 25 Oct. 2017, lot 343
4 4     Nomos Obolos Webauction 34, 10 Nov. 2024, lot 735
5 5     Sol Numismatik XLIV, 26 July 2025, lot 454