RPC VI, 6041 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6041 (temporary)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Etenna
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΤΕΝΝΕΩΝ
Edition Ἐτεννέων
Translation of the Etennians
Reverse design Nymph(?) advancing right, head left, being attacked by serpent; to right, young male figure standing nude facing, raising right hand toward head; at his feet, sheep, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 12.52 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference vA Pisid. 583, 585–6, Watson 251
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1975,0411.270 vA Pisid. 585
2 2     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2481 vA Pisid. 583
3 3     Boston: 1997.165
4 4     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 919
5 5     CNG EA 191, 9 July 2008, lot 86
6 6     vA Pisid. 586
7 7     Agora Auctions Numismatic 32, 12 May 2015, lot 94