222 AD - 235 AD

Bostra   Decapolis-Arabia     Severus Alexander
Βόστρα   Δεκάπολις-Aραβία   Σεβήρος Αλεξανδρος
 
 AE 18
 SHH 5255

5255 Bostra Decapolis-Arabia Severus Alexander AE

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 3.32 g   17.7-18.1 mm   1.8 eq mm   6:00 o'clock   F   centering - / -
ρ = 8.43 g/cm^3   σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 6.9, rev. 6.9 MS/m
Laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander right;
IM[P CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG] clockwise around; border of dots.
Marsyas standing right with wine skin over shoulder, right hand raised;
COLONIA / [B / OSTRA] clockwise around; border of dots.
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ANS VI 1227/1228; BMC Arabia 27/30; CopenhagenVII 144; Lindgren II ---;
Rosenberger 43; Spijkerman 49
Ex Hubert Lanz, 13.7.2013
 Münzsammlung des Archäologischen Museums der Universität Münster, 26.1.2018