RPC VI, 8704 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8704 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AVΡ (sic) SEV ALEX AV
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Au{p}<r>(elius) Sev(erus) Alex(ander) Au(gustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription SE TVR METROPO CLO
Reverse design Dido(?) standing, left, on galley, right, holding cornucopia and aphlaston; at stern, aplustre; to left, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 2.78 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 2419–20corr.
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Rouvier 2419 = Mi VIII S, 309, 335
2 2     CNG EA 301, 24 Apr. 2013, lot 212
3 3     Rouvier 2420 = Mi VIII S, 309, 334
4 4     CNG EA 336, 8 Oct. 2014, lot 205
5 5     Leeds-UL: 1339
6 6     CNG EA 553, 3 Jan. 2024, lot 365 = CNG EA 446, 19 June 2019, lot 249
8 8     ✸ Berk Buy or Bid Sale 219, 5 May 2022, lot 394