RPC VI, 6934 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6934 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Coracesium
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΟΡΑΚΗϹΙΩΤΩΝ
Edition Κορακησιωτῶν
Translation of the Coracesians
Reverse design Zeus standing facing, head left, holding patera and long sceptre; at his feet, eagle, left, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.84 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Levante, Korakesion 20, Watson 232
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V Levante, Korakesion 20b
2 2     V: GR 34275 Levante, Korakesion 20a
3 3     ✸ Leu Numismatik EA 11, 20 Feb. 2020, lot 1359