RPC VI, 30899 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30899 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Elaeusa-Sebaste
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕΥΗΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σευῆρ(ος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ ΙΕΡΑϹ ΑΥΤ ΝΑΥΑΡΧ
Edition Σεβαστῆς ἱερᾶς αὐτονόμου ναυαρχίδος Σεβαστῆ(ς) ἱερᾶς αὐτ(ονόμου) ναυαρχ(ίδος)
Translation of Sebaste, sacred, autonomous, navarch
Reverse design Zeus standing facing, head left, holding nike (or eagle?) and sceptre (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 19.31 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Confirmation required. Reverse deity not certain.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Gromotlka Coll., ex Savoca Coins Blue 13th Blue, 30 Nov.–1 Dec. 2018, lot 1095