RPC VI, 8295 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8295 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Issue ΓΛΦ = 533
Dating 221/222
Obverse inscription ΑΥΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐρ(ήλιος) Καῖσαρ Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Aurelius Caesar Alexander
Obverse design bare head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΓΛΦ
Edition Τριπολιτῶν γλφʹ
Translation of the Tripolitans, 533
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Ares(?) standing facing, resting on spear; within stairways, central altar and cryptoporticus on each side
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.19 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1774
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.72654 Rouvier 1774.1
2 2     O
3 3     Rouvier 1774.2 = Mi V, 408, 470
4 4     Rouvier 1774.3