RPC VI, 7085 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7085 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Π Π
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, left, holding spear and decorated shield, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹΕΟΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑ ΜΗΤΡ ΤΑΡϹΟ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Reverse design temple with two columns and wreath in pediment seen in perspective from right, enclosing Apollo Lykeios standing facing, nude, on omphalos, holding wolf by forelegs in each hand; to right, Nike standing facing holding cilicarch crown above her head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Levante S1 275, SNG Fitzwilliam 5333
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Note shield decorated with Koinoboulion seated l., dropping pebble into urn
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1925,1001.11
2 2     C: 466.1948 SNG 5333
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 2074
4 4     Levante S 275 (ex Lanz 4, 801) = CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1195
5 5     ✸ R. Hoppensteadt coll. = Dorotheum Nov. 2019 Coin, 13 Nov. 2019, lot 1192