RPC VI, 6351 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6351 (temporary)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Selge
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεου(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 Apollo standing facing, head right, holding laurel branch and resting on tripod
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.99 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference BMC 79, Watson 310
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1845,1207.48 BMC 79
2 2     B: B-I1928
3 3     C: Mossop
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 165, 30 May 2007, lot 165
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 229, 10 Mar. 2015, lot 1540
6 6     V-ON SNG Leypold 2142
7 7     Solidus Monthly 27, 17 Mar. 2018, lot 407
8 8     Roma E-Sale 79, 14 Jan. 2021, lot 585
9 9     N&N London EA 41, 2 Dec. 2023, lot 514