RPC VI, 7036 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7036 (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 radiate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, with drapery, seen from front
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΚΑΛΥΚΑΔΝΩ
Edition Σελευκέων Καλυκαδνῷ
Translation of the Seleucians of Calycadnum
Reverse design Dionysus driving a biga of panthers, right, holding long thyrsus and animal skins; to left, Maenads advancing, right; to right, Silenus kneeling, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 12.39 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler, Münzen 462–3
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 28778 Mi III, 601, 301
2 2     NY: 1953.171.1350
3 3     CNG 308, Aug. 2013, 231
4 4     CNG 87, 18 May 2011, lot 864
4 4     NY: 1953.171.1350
5 5     CGT coll. ex Münzhandlung Ritter, ex F. Burbach coll. = Ziegler, Münzen 462
6 6     Ziegler, Münzen 463
7 7     Demos Auction 2, 5 June 2021, lot 540
8 8     Ares 1, 23 Aug. 2019, lot 364
9 9     Aphrodite Art Coins G2, 7 Sept. 2024, lot 689
10 10     Aphrodite Art Coins G3, 19 Oct. 2024, lot 735