RPC VI, 8774 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8774 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP SEVR (sic) ALEXANDER AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Sev<e>r(us) Alexander Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COLO PTOLE
Edition colo(nia) Ptole(mais)
Translation Colony of Ptolemais
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 22 mm
Average weight 5.53 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Kadman, Ptolemais 191, 193corr.
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1009
2 2     Cop SNG 186
3 3     NY: 1944.100.71240 Kadman, Ptolemais 191
4 4     O
5 5     IMJ Sofaer 231
6 6     IMJ Sofaer 232
7 7     IMJ Sofaer 233
8 8     CNG EA 210, 13 May 2009, lot 162
9 9     ✸ CNG MBS 84, 5 May 2010, lot 899
10 10     CGT coll.