RPC VI, 8600 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8600 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Κ
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΑΜΑϹΚΟΥ ΙΕΡΑϹ ΚΑΙ ΕΝΔΟΞΟΥ, ϹΕΒΑϹΜΙΑ
Reverse design inscription within wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 2, 12
Reference De Saulcy 1
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.83693
2 2     O
3 3     Harvard: 1980.85.228
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     Lindgren I, 2145
6 6     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 618