RPC VI, 7053 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7053 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Elaeusa-Sebaste
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕΥΗΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σευῆρ(ος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ ΙΕΡΑϹ ΑΥΤ ΝΑΥΑΡΧ
Edition Σεβαστῆς ἱερᾶς αὐτονόμου ναυαρχίδος Σεβαστῆ(ς) ἱερᾶς αὐτ(ονόμου) ναυαρχ(ίδος)
Translation of Sebaste, sacred, autonomous, navarch
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head left, holding serpent-staff; to right, Telesphorus standing, facing, wearing hooded cloak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.74 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Levante S1 231
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Levante S1 231 = CNG EA 90, 26 May 2004, lot 199 = CNG EA 537, 26 Apr. 2023, lot 349
2 2     ✸ Leu WA 15, 27 Feb. 2021, lot 1326
3 3     Numismad 6, 28 - 29 Jan. 2023, lot 1266
4 4     Naumann 85, 5 Jan. 2020, lot 369 (Valerian)
5 5     Gromotka coll.