222 AD - 235 AD

Bostra   Decapolis-Arabia     Severus Alexander
Βόστρα   Δεκάπολις-Aραβία   Σεβήρος Αλεξανδρος
 
 AE 20
 SHH 3979

3979 Bostra Decapolis-Arabia Severus Alexander AE

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 5.97 g   19.3-20.4 mm   2.2 eqmm   6:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / -
ρ = 8.41 g/cm^3   σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 6.5, rev. 6.5 MS/m
Laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander right;
IMP CAES M AVR SEV / ALEXANDER AVG clockwise around.
Turreted and draped bust of city goddess (Τύχη) left, cornucopia at shoulder;
COLONIA / BOSTRA clockwise around.
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ANS VI 1218/1219; BMC Arabia 22/24; CopenhagenVII 145; Kindler 36a;
Lindgren II 2537; Rosenberger 42; Spijkerman 50
Ex CNG 238E/286, 11.8.2010
 Münzsammlung des Archäologischen Museums der Universität Münster, 26.1.2018