RPC VI, 8074 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8074 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥ(Ρ) ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Ϲ(Ε)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛ(ΩΝ) Δ Ε S C, Η
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding corn ears, looking back; at her feet, river god Orontes swimming, left; to left, Tyche standing facing, head right, holding rudder and cornucopia; above, sometimes crescent; to right, the Emperor standing, left, holding parazonium and crowning the Tyche of the City
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 15.84 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference McAlee 834, Waage 653
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.5449 BMC 476
2 2     P McAlee 834b.3
3 3     NY McAlee 834b.2
4 4     Bern: N/82.2013 SNG 2013 = McAlee 834b.1
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 176
6 6     McAlee 834a = Waage 653
7 7     McAlee 834b.4
8 8     Volpato coll., Ex Savoca Coins 163
9 9     Nomos obolos 31, 21 Apr. 2024, lot 512