RPC VI, 6386 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6386 (temporary)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Side
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος Καῖσ(αρ)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ϹΙΔΗΤΩΝ
Edition Σιδητῶν
Translation of the Sidetans
Reverse design Athena standing facing, head right, holding spear and clasping hands with Apollo Sidetes standing facing, head left, holding long sceptre; between them, lighted altar; in the exergue, agonistic crown between two palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 18.43 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Watson 132
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B KM 340, 23
2 2     ✸ V: GR 33120
3 3     CGT coll. = VAuctions 273, 24 Nov. 2011, lot 287
4 4     Zeus Numismatics EA 25, 23 Oct. 2022, lot 335