RPC VI, 6939 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6939 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Coracesium
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟ ΑΛΕΞΑΔΡΟϹ (sic) ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεο(υῆρος) Ἀλέξα<ν>δρος Σε(βαστός)
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 Sarapis standing facing, head left, holding sceptre and raising hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.62 g
Axis 6
Reference Levante, Korakesion 24, Watson 235
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O Levante, Korakesion 24b
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 565, 3 July 2024, lot 408 = Levante, Korakesion 24a = SNG Levante 397 = vA 5668
3 3     Ziegler 101