RPC VI, 6347 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6347 (temporary)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Selge
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 rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΓΕΩΝ
Edition Σελγέων
Translation of the Selgeans
Reverse design bearded figure (Sarapis?) standing, right, wearing matel, holding long sceptre(?) and the hand of Hermes standing facing, head left, wearing chlamys and holding caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 16.44 g
Reference Watson 306
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 1999
2 2     Künker 20, Sept. 1991, 762