RPC VI, 7078 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7078 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ Π Π
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝ ΑΝΤΩΝΙ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΤΑΡϹΕΩΝ Α Μ Κ Γ Β ΠΑΤΡΩΟϹ
Reverse design sacrificial scene with female figure standing, right, holding torch, before garlanded altar surrounded by two attendants and Perseus, holding patera and harpa, all standing, left; in the background, statue of Apollo Lykeios standing facing on column, holding wolf by forelegs in each hand; before the altar, bull kneeling, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Axis 12
Reference SNG France 1573, SNG vA 6027, Levante 1087
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1339 SNG 1573 = Wa 4655
2 2     B: 412/1933
3 3     Mu: 26832
4 4     Künker 182, 14 Mar. 2011, lot 825
5 5     ✸ vA 6027 = Levante 1087 = CNG 93, May 2013, 918 = CNG MBS 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 705