RPC VI, 8754 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8754 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [ ] M AVR SEV ALEXANDER
Edition [---] M(arcus) Aur(elius) Sev(erus) Alexander
Translation [---] Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription COLO PTOLE
Edition colo(nia) Ptole(mais)
Translation Colony of Ptolemais
Reverse design front view of portable shrine with two columns, within which Zeus Heliopolitanus standing facing, holding sceptre and axe(?); uncertain objects to left and right; in the exergue, thunderbolt
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.35 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Kadman, Ptolemais 196
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ: 78.1724
2 2     IMJ Sofaer 225
3 3     J-SBF Kadman, Ptolemais 196
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     ✸ Goldberg 106, 4 Sept. 2018, lot 1407