RPC VI, 8766 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8766 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAE M AVR SEV ALEXANDER
Edition Imp(erator) Cae(sar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Sev(erus) Alexander
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass with Gorgoneion(?), seen from front
Reverse inscription COLO PTOLE
Edition colo(nia) Ptole(mais)
Translation Colony of Ptolemais
Reverse design the Emperor in military dress on horseback advancing, left, holding sceptre and saluting; before the horse's foreleg, caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.56 g
Axis 6
Reference Kadman, Ptolemais 192corr.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: B1550 Kadman, Ptolemais 192
2 2     CNG EA 210, 13 May 2009, lot 163