RPC VI, 5514 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5514 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Laodicea ad Lycum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design bare-headed draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design winged Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding ears of corn, cornucopia and rudder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Bennett 252
Specimens 15 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1899,0703.123 BMC 252 = Bennett 252.1
2 2     L: 1903,0204.173 BMC 253 = Bennett 251.2
3 3     P: 1624 Wa 6318 = Bennett 251.3
4 4     B: 1885/420
5 5     B: 8083
6 6     Cop: 601 Bennett 261.4
7 7     NY: 1944.100.50525
8 8     V: GR 27622
9 9     Auctiones AG 29, 12 June 2003, lot 805
10 10     Rauch 89, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 1818
11 11     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
12 12     ✸ Savoca 18, 8 Oct. 2017, lot 249
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     CGT coll. = Zeus EA 18, 27 June 2021, lot 317
15 15     Leu EA 19, 26 Feb. 2022, lot 2207