RPC VI, 7047 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7047 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Corycus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ (Μ ΑΥΡ) ϹΕΥΗΡ(Ο) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆρο(ς) 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 ΚΩΡΥΚΙΩΤΩΝ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ
Edition Κωρυκιωτῶν αὐτονόμου
Translation of the Corycians, autonomous
Reverse design Aphrodite Euploia standing facing, head left, holding aplustre and sceptre; at her feet, prow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.25 g
Axis 1, 6
Reference Ziegler 540 corr.
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1860,0326.170 BMC 15
2 2     P: 676 SNG 1112
3 3     V: GR 30126
5 5     CNG EA 566, 17 July 2024, lot 370 = Triton VII, 13 Jan. 2004, lot 1343 (part) = Levante S1 219
6 6     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 843
7 7     Ziegler 549
8 8     CGT coll. = Ares Web auction 9, May 2020, lot 335
9 9     CGT coll. = CNG EA 310, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 240
10 10     Ares 9, 17 May 2020, lot 335 (Maximus, Nicaea)
11 11     ✸ Savoca 167th Silver, 25 June 2023, lot 223