RPC VI, 6860 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6860 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Selinus-Traianopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΛΙΝΟ ΤΗϹ ΙΕ, in pediment, ΘΕ ΤΡΑΙ
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns, within which Divus Trajan seated on throne, left, holding long sceptre and thunderbolt
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 15.72 g
Axis 12
Reference Levante, Selinus 62
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1863,0706.32 BMC 2 = Levante, Selinus 62
2 2     CNG EA 205, 25 Feb. 2009, lot 291
3 3     Zeus Numismatics EA 25, 23 Oct. 2022, lot 327