RPC VI, 8776


Image of specimen #6

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8776 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	8776 (temporary)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Ptolemais
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMP CAE M AV SEV ALEXANDER
Obverse design	laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription	COLO PTOLE
Reverse design	the Emperor in military dress on horseback advancing, left, holding sceptre and saluting; under the horse's foreleg, caduceus (not always visible?)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	22 mm
Axis	1, 12
Reference	Kadman, Ptolemais 190
Specimens	7 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: 2286		22	4.74	12		Show
2	2	B: L1906		22	4.07	12		Show
3	3	Mu: 7/1980		23	6.84	12		Show
4	4	O		24	7.16	12	obverse double struck	Show
5	5	Haifa-MA	Kadman, Ptolemais 190	21	7.54	12		Show
6	6 ✸		CNG EA 251, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 241	21	7.89	1		Show
7	7		Zurquieh 171	22				Show