RPC VI, 8773 (temporary)

 

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8773 (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; under the horse's foreleg, caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 5.30 g
Reference Lindgren 2318
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Lindgren I, 2318