Octassarion - Severus Alexander

Features

Issuer	Antioch on the Orontes (Syria)
Emperor	Severus Alexander (Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander) (222-235)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	222-235
Value	Octassarion (0.8)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	(copper alloy)
Weight	16 g
Diameter	32 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 379518
References	RPC Online VI# 8080 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) , Butcher# 488A Kevin Butcher; 2004. Coinage in Roman Syria: Northern Syria, 64 BC-AD 253. Royal Numismatic Society, London, United Kingdom. , McAlee# 832 Richard G. McAlee. The coins of Roman Antioch. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States (3 volumes). , BMC Greek# 483 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , McClean# 11 Sidney W. Grose. Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (3 volumes).

Obverse

(en) Laureate head of Emperor Severus Alexander facing right.

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ϹƐ ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ

Unabridged legend: Aὐτοκράτωρ Καίσαρ Μάρκου Αυρήλιου Ϲεβήρος Αλέξανδρος

Reverse

(en) Tyche of the City seated on rock, facing left, holding corn ears, looking back. At her feet, river god Orontes swimming left. To the left, front-facing Tyche standing, head turned right, holding rudder and cornucopia. To the right, the Emperor standing, facing left, holding parazonium dagger and crowning the Tyche of the City.

Scripts: grecki, łaciński

Lettering:
ANTIOXЄΩN MHTPO KOΛ
Δ-Є
SC

Edge

Zwykły Automatically translated

Mint

Antioch on the Orontes, Syria, modern-day Antakya, Turkey

Comments

(fr) Syrie, Séleucide et Piérie. Antioche et Orontem. Sévère Alexandre. 222-235 après JC. Octassarion AE (32,4 mm, 10,28 g, 12 h). AVT KAI MAP AV CЄ AΛЄΞANΔP[OC CЄ], buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Sévère Alexandre à droite, vu de face / ANTIOXЄΩN MHTPO KOΛ, Δ-Є, [SC], Tyché assis à gauche sur des rochers, tête de face ; à gauche, un deuxième Tyché debout de face, tête à droite, tenant un gouvernail et une corne d'abondance ; à droite, l'empereur (?) debout à gauche, tenant du parazonium (?) et couronnant Tyché assis ; en bas, figure à mi-longueur du dieu du fleuve Oronte nageant à gauche. Rare.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (222-235)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Electronic Auction 209 Lot 274	22 Apr 2009	VF (brown patina; a few pits and deposits)	USD 675.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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