RPC VI, 8769 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8769 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP SEV R (sic) ALEXANDER
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COLO PTOLE
Reverse design the Emperor in military dress on horseback advancing, left, holding sceptre and saluting; before the horse's foreleg, caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 7, 12
Reference Kadman, Ptolemais 190corr.
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: L1906
2 2     IMJ: 78.1722
3 3     IMJ: 1105 from the Sheich-Zueid hoard
4 4     Lindgren III, A1414b