RPC VI, 8771 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8771 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP SEVR (sic) ALEXANDER AVG
Edition Imperator Severus Alexander Augustus Imp(erator) Sev<e>r(us) Alexander Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, holding shield and spear on his shoulder, seen from front
Reverse inscription COLO PTOL
Edition colonia Ptolemais colo(nia) Ptol(emais)
Translation the colony Ptolemais
Reverse design the Emperor in military dress on horseback advancing, left, holding sceptre and saluting; under the horse's foreleg, caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.56 g
Axis 5, 12
Reference Kadman, Ptolemais 193corr.
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.71241 Kadman, Ptolemais 193corr.
2 2     Bern: N/82.2284 SNG 2284
3 3     IMJ: 78.1723