Province Cilicia
City Mallus 
Region Cilicia
Reign Severus Alexander
Obverse inscription IMP CE M AV SEV ALEXANDROS AVG (sic)
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription MALLO COLONIA ALEXA S C FELIX
Reverse design the Emperor standing facing in military dress, head left, holding sceptre and offering statuette of Marsyas to the Tyche of Mallus, standing right, holding cornucopia; to right, Amphilochus standing facing, head right, crowning him with wreath from behind; to left, two oxen, right; sometimes, piglet in the exergue

 

Reference Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger 346, 13 Feb. 2019, lot 2790 = Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger 336, 7 Feb. 2018, lot 2574 = Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 5, 14 May 2012, lot 659
Diameter 41
Weight 28.46
Axis 6
Note possibly tooled
External URI https://www.coinarchives.com/a/openlink.php?l=1094745|2173|2574|d0edaba713ec02ec46341decabce9aa0