RPC VI, 8772 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8772 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAE M AVR SEV ALEXANDER
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, holding shield and spear on his shoulder; the other hand raised or holding globe(?), seen from front
Reverse inscription COLO PTOL
Reverse design the Emperor in military dress on horseback advancing, left, holding sceptre and saluting; under the horse's foreleg, caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 11
Reference Kadman, Ptolemais 193corr.
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 333, 20 Aug. 2014, lot 205