RPC VI, 8755 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8755 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription M AV SEV ALEXAND AVG
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL PTO
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia, crowned by Nike standing, left, on small column behind her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Kadman, Ptolemais 187
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1255
2 2     B: Rauch
3 3     B: 1904/931 Kadman, Ptolemais 187.1
4 4     NY: 1944.100.71237
5 5     ✸ Bern: N/G1882
6 6     St Petersburg Kadman, Ptolemais 187.3