RPC VI, 8007 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8007 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ(ΗΛΙ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Κ(Ε) (sic)
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩ(Ν) ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛ Δ Ε S C
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding corn ears; at her feet, river god Orontes swimming, left; sometimes, to left, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 2, 6, 11
Reference McAlee 823
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B
2 2     B
3 3     NY: 1944.100.66034
4 4     NY: 1944.100.660.33 McAlee 823b.2
5 5     ✸ Bern: N/G1848
6 6     McAlee 823a.1 = Wage 637
7 7     McAlee 823a.2
8 8     McAlee 823b.1 = Wage 635
9 9     McAlee 823b.3 = Falghera
10 10     McAlee 823b.4
11 11     Richard McAlee Collection