RPC VI, 8561 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8561 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMR (sic) CAE M AVR SEV ALEXANDR
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AVR PIA METR SID
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus over panther, left, looking back; all within wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 1614
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: B1851 Rouvier 1614.5
2 2     NY: 1944.100.72511
3 3     NY: 1944.100.72510
4 4     Beirut-AUB Rouvier 1614.4
5 5     Rouvier 1614.2
6 6     Rouvier 1614.3
7 7     Rouvier 1614.6 = Mi V, 391, 370