RPC VI, 6958 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6958 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Syedra
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεουῆρ(ος) 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 ϹΥΕΔΡΕΩΝ
Edition Συεδρέων
Translation of the Syedrans
Reverse design Hephaestus standing nude, facing, head right, holding hammer and tongs(?); at his feet, anvil
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 17.67 g
Axis 6
Reference Watson 364
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 160, 9 Oct. 2007, lot 2007 = Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 825
2 2     Winterthur: G 6444 1979 Adolph Hess AG (Lucerne), ex A. Hanscotte, Paris