RPC VI, 9116 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9116 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Ascalon
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ΔΛΤ = 334
Dating 230/1
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ Α ϹΕΟΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑϹΚΑΛω ΔΛΤ
Reverse design draped bust of Harpocrates of Mount Casion, wearing hem-hem crown, holding flail and sceptre, carried by three lions advancing, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rosenberger 232
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1089 BMC 248
2 2     L: 1908,0110.1090 BMC 249
3 3     IMJ: 71.940
4 4     IMJ Rosenberger 232
5 5     ✸ Gemini, LLC VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 689
6 6     Gorny & Mosch Online 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4580