RPC VI, 8697 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8697 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AVΡ (sic) SEV ALEXANDERΔ
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription SEP TVRO (sic) METROP COL PEMIC (sic), Δ
Reverse design three-quarter view of temple with four columns, right, with stairway; globe in pediment; below, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Rouvier 2421
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1392 BMC 422
2 2     P: 836B
3 3     P: 836C
4 4     B: L1906
5 5     NY: 1944.100.82037
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     ✸ CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 1007
8 8     CNG EA 183, 5 Mar. 2008, lot 150
9 9     Dix Noonan Webb L 28 Sept. 2010 - Sale A9, 28 Sept. 2010, lot 619
10 10     M&M Deutschland 32, 26 May 2010, lot 338
11 11     Pecunia Numismatics 2022