RPC VI, 7040


Image of specimen #6

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/7040 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
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	Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος 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 Καλυκάδνῳ Σελευκέων Καλυκάδνῳ
Translation	of the Seleucians of Calycadnum
Reverse design	infant Zeus seated on throne facing, looking l, surrounded by three Corybantes striking shields with swords
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	29 mm
Average weight	13.77 g
Axis	6
Reference	SNG France 1004, Levante 1033
Specimens	10 (2 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: 946	SNG 1004 = Wa 4467	30	14.30		Obv.: GIC 618 (ΚΑ in monogram); GIC 670 (small circle within Δ)	Show
1	1	Cop: 99 (Celenderis)		30	12.89	6	reverse legend altered to make a coin of Celenderis.	Show
2	2	V-ON	SNG Leypold 2597	30	13.90	6		Show
5	5		CNG EA 306, 10 July 2013, lot 267	28	12.86	6	Obv.: GIC 670 (small circle within Δ)	Show
6	6 ✸		CNG Triton XII, 6 Jan. 2009, lot 709	29	14.41	6	Obv.: GIC 670 (small circle within Δ) ; D. Alighieri Coll.	Show
8	8		CGT coll. = Auctiones 26, 18 May 2014, lot 30	30	14.45	6	Obv.: GIC 670 (small circle within Δ)	Show
9	9		Berk MA shops 2021	30	11.54		Obv.: GIC 670 (small circle within Δ)	Show
10	10		CNG EA 592, 30 July 2025, lot 358	29.6	14.71	6		Show
11	11		Leu 36, 6 Sept. 2025, lot 649	28	14.30	6		Show
12	12		Leu WA 36, 6 Sept. 2025, lot 649	28.5	14.30	6	Obv.: GIC 670 (small circle within Δ)	Show