RPC VI, 30084 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30084 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Seleucia ad Calycadnum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεουῆρ(ος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, with drapery, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΚΑ...]
Edition Σελευκέων Κα(λυκάδνῳ)
Translation of the Seleucians (by the) Calycadnus
Reverse design Athena in facing quadriga, holding shield, about to hurl a spear at anguipede giant to lower right, himself about to hurl a stone; to lower left, a second fallen giant
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 12.53 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Very similar rev. to Tarsus for Maximinus https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/54735 and https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/54693

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 2910