RPC VI, 6240 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6240 (temporary)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Colybrassus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΑΥ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Αὐρήλιος Σεβαστὸς Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Ἀλέξανδρος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΟΛΥΒΡΑϹϹΕΩΝ
Edition Κολυβρασσέων Κολυβρασσέων
Translation of the Colybrassians
Reverse design Athena standing facing, head right, holding patera and transverse spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.77 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Watson 214
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG EA 169, 25 July 2007, lot 113
2 2     ✸ Leu WA 28, 9–14 Dec. 2023, lot 2367 = Levante 330 = Leu EA 9, 7 Sept. 2019, lot 769 = Leu 4, 25 May 2019, lot 482
3 3     N&N London EA 15, 15–16 Apr. 2023, lot 274
4 4     CNG EA 601, 17 Dec. 2025, lot 330 = Numisart GmbH 11, 29 June 2025, lot 104 = Gorny & Mosch 64, 11 Oct. 1993, lot 652