RPC VI, 7041 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7041 (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 ϹΕΟΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρο(ς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΚΑΛΥ
Edition Σελευκέων Καλυ(καδνῷ)
Translation of the Seleucians of Calycadnum
Reverse design Mithras, radiate, on horseback advancing, right; before, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.23 g
Axis 6
Reference SNG France 1006, Levante 757–8, Ziegler, Münzen 473
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 943 SNG 1006
2 2     B: I-B Mi III, 603, 309
3 3     B: L1906
4 4     Anamur: 4.121.2004 SNG 288
5 5     Levante 757 = vA 8710 = CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 236
6 6     Levante 758
7 7     Lindgren I, 1585
8 8     Ziegler, Münzen 473
9 9     Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) August 2021 ANA , 16 Aug. 2021, lot 46664 = Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) August 2020 , 5 Aug. 2020, lot 22250
10 10     Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 404, ex Münz Zentrum Köln 68, lot 346
11 11     ✸ Künker 257, 10 Oct. 2014, lot 9056