RPC VI, 7157 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7157 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mallus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription IMP CE M AV SEV ALEXANDROS AVG (sic)
Edition Imp(erator) C<a>e(sar) M(arcus) Au(relius) Sev(erus) Alexand<e>r{os} Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription MALLO COLONIA ALEXA S C FELIX
Edition Mallo(rum) colonia Alexa(ndria) s(enatus) c(onsulto) Felix
Translation the colony Alexandria Felix of Mallotians, by decree of the senate
Reverse design the Emperor standing facing in military dress, head left, holding sceptre and offering statuette of Marsyas to the Tyche of Mallus, standing right, holding cornucopia; to right, Amphilochus standing facing, head right, crowning him with wreath from behind; to left, two oxen, right; sometimes, piglet in the exergue
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Average weight 29.19 g
Axis 5, 6, 10
Reference Levante 1288
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1974,0102.55
2 2     L: 1981,0912.25 Mabbott 2182
3 3     Rome: 113304 Calomino MNR 656
5 5     Hirsch 256, 5 May 2008, lot 588
6 6     Levante 1288 = CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1106
7 7     ✸ Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger 346, 13 Feb. 2019, lot 2790 = Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger 336, 7 Feb. 2018, lot 2574 = Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 5, 14 May 2012, lot 659
8 8     Lindgren III, 868