RPC VI, 8758 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8758 (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?]
Edition Imp(erator) Cae(sar) M(arcus) Au(relius) Sev(erius) Alexander 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 COL PTOLEM
Edition col(onia) Ptolem(ais)
Translation Colony of Ptolemais
Reverse design front view of temple with six 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 23 mm
Average weight 6.70 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.71238