RPC VI, 7040 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7040 (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 (sometimes retrograde)
Edition Σελευκέων Καλυκαδνῷ
Translation of the Seleucians of Calycadnum
Reverse design infant Zeus seated on throne facing, looking l, surrounded by three Curetes striking shields with swords
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.48 g
Axis 6
Reference SNG France 1004, Levante 1033
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 946 SNG 1004 = Wa 4467
1 1     Cop: 99 (Celenderis)
2 2     V-ON SNG Leypold 2597
5 5     CNG EA 306, 10 July 2013, lot 267
6 6     ✸ CNG Triton XII, 6 Jan. 2009, lot 709
8 8     CGT coll. = Auctiones 26, 18 May 2014, lot 30
9 9     Berk MA shops 2021