RPC VI, 8756 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8756 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAE M AV SEV ALEXANDER AV
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL PTO[L?]
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia, crowned by Nike standing, left, on small column behind her; in the exergue, uncertain object (harpa?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu: 10
2 2     Bern: N/82.2283 SNG 2283 = Kadman, Ptolemais 187.2
3 3     IMJ: 78.1720
4 4     Ancient Imports 31789
5 5     CGT coll.