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
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑϹΚΑΛω ΔΛΤ
Edition Ἀσκαλὼ(ν) δλτʹ
Translation Ascalon, 334
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
Average weight 14.80 g
Axis 12
Reference Rosenberger 232
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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