RPC VI, 8072 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8072 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ(Ο) ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβαστός Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate bust of Severus Alexander, left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and shield decorated with Gorgoneion, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛ(Ο) Δ Ε S Η C
Edition Ἀντιοχέων μητροπόλεως κολονίας δ' ἐπαρχιῶν senatus ηʹ consulto Ἀντιοχέων μητρο(πόλεως) κολο(νίας) δ' ἐ(παρχιῶν) s(enatus) ηʹ c(onsulto)
Translation of the Antiochenes, metropolis, colony, of the 4 eparchies, by decree of the senate, 8
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 17.64 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference McAlee 844
Specimens 12 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.5454 BMC 483 = McAlee 844.1
2 2     P: 1660
3 3     P: 711
4 4     P: 710 McAlee 844.4(?)
5 5     B: 1874/549
6 6     B: L1906
7 7     NY McAlee 844.3
8 8     cgb.fr MBS 11, 21 Jan. 2002, lot 320
9 9     ✸ CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 238
10 10     McAlee 844.2 = Bellinger, Dura Hoards 8, 9, 189
11 11     McAlee 844.4
12 12     The Simurgh Collection