RPC VI, 8562 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8562 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMR (sic) CAE M AVR (or MAR, sic) SEV ALEXANDR
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AVR PIA METR SIDO
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus over panther, left, looking back; to left, car of Astarte
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Rouvier 1613
Specimens 8 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1906,0712.74 BMC 320
2 2     P: B1850 Rouvier 1613.1
3 3     NY: 1944.100.72503
4 4     NY: 1948.19.2268
5 5     NY: 1971.131.1030
6 6     O
7 7     Rouvier 1613.2 = Mi V, 390, 367
8 8     Rouvier 1613.3