RPC VI, 8769


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	VI
Number	8769 (temporary)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Ptolemais
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMP SEVR (sic) ALEXANDER
Edition	Imp(erator) Sev<e>r(us) Alexander
Translation	Emperor Severus Alexander
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
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	6.32 g
Axis	7, 12
Reference	Kadman, Ptolemais 190corr.
Specimens	4 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	B: L1906		22	4.89	12		Show
2	2	IMJ: 78.1722		21	6.23	12		Show
3	3	IMJ: 1105	from the Sheich-Zueid hoard	23	7.21	7	attribution to emperor uncertain	Show
4	4		Lindgren III, A1414b		6.95			Show