RPC VI, 6243 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6243 (temporary)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Colybrassus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑ ΑΥ ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κα(ῖσαρ) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) 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
Translation of the Colybrassians
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia and rudder on globe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.30 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Watson 220a-b and 220l
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.51
1 1     CGT coll.; CGT coll.
2 2     L: 1895,1002.68 BMC 4
3 3     ✸ C: Mossop
4 4     Ziegler 38