RPC VI, 8857


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8857 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	8857 (temporary)
Province	Syria Palaestina
Region	Samaria
City	Caesarea Maritima
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IM C SE(?) ALEXAND
Obverse design	laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription	CL (sic?) F P METROPOLI(?), S P Q R
Reverse design	eagle facing, head left, spreading wings and holding wreath
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	21 mm
Axis	6, 7
Reference	SNG ANS 813–4
Specimens	4 (4 in the core collections)
Note	Rough style

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: 1908,0110.1562	BMC 130	20	7.36	7	obv. legend illegible	Show
2	2 ✸	C: 593-1948		21	7.61			Show
3	3	NY: 1944.100.68968	SNG 813	21	6.47	6		Show
4	4	NY: 1944.100.68969	SNG 814	20	5.42	6		Show