RPC VI, 7031 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7031 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Seleucia ad Calycadnum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεουῆρ(ος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, with drapery, seen from front
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΤΩ ΚΑΛΥΚΑΔΝΩ, ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑС
Edition Σελευκέων τῶν πρός τῷ Καλυκάδνῳ Ἐλευθέρας
Translation of the Seleucians by the Calycadnus, free
Reverse design Nike advancing, right, spreading wings, holding palm branch and inscribed wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.09 g
Axis 6
Reference Levante S1 198, Ziegler, Münzen 461
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1970,0909.223
2 2     NY: 1944.100.54201
3 3     V-ON SNG Leypold 2594
4 4     ✸ Levante S1 198 = CNG MBS 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 569 = CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 585
6 6     CGT coll. ex Münzhandlung Ritter ex F. Burbach coll. = Ziegler, Münzen 461
7 7     Zwicker (Z1860)
8 8     NBS WA 8, 7 Aug. 2021, lot 351
9 9     Dara 4, 19 Feb. 2022, lot 179