RPC VI, 8970 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8970 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Neapolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹƐ ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹƐ
Obverse design laureate bust of Severus Alexander, r., wearing decorated cuirass, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΝƐ(ΑϹ) Π(ΟΛ) ϹΥΡ ΠΑΛ(retrograde)
Reverse design Mount Gerizim surmounted by temple complex connected to the colonnade at the slope by stairways; to r., roadway leading to altar
Metal Æ
Average diameter 21 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Baldwin's Markov M&M Ltd The New York Sale XI, 11 Jan. 2006, lot 215