RPC VI, 8776 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8776 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAE M AV SEV ALEXANDER
Edition Imp(erator) Cae(sar) M(arcus) Au(relius) Sev(erus) Alexander
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
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 (not always visible?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.37 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Kadman, Ptolemais 190
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2286
2 2     B: L1906
3 3     Mu: 7/1980
4 4     O
5 5     Haifa-MA Kadman, Ptolemais 190
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 251, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 241
7 7     Zurquieh 171