RPC VI, 30225 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30225 (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 ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΚΑΛΥΚΑΔΝΩ(Ν)
Edition Σελευκέων Καλυκάδνων
Translation of the Seleucians of Calycadnum
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, within two columns with canopy above, holding branch; at her feet, river god Calycadnus swimming, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.93 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Ziegler, Münzen 472
2 2     Lindgren III, 897
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     R. Becker coll.
6 6     Boston: 63.1172
11 11     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 79, 7 July 2019, lot 439
12 12     NBS Auction 9, 27 Nov. 2021, lot 334