RPC VI, 7160 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7160 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mallus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Julia Mamaea (Augusta)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΜΑΙΑ SEB (sic)
Edition Ἰουλία Μαμαία Seb(aste)
Translation Julia Mamaea Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Julia Mamaea, right
Reverse inscription MALLO COLONI AM(FILOCHI?) FELIX S C
Edition Mallo(rum) coloni(a) Amfilochi Felix s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation the colony Felix of Mallotians, of Amphilochus, by decree of the senate
Reverse design Amphilochus standing facing, head left, holding sceptre, offering wreath to Tyche standing, right, holding cornucopia and statuette; between them, Marsyas standing, left, holding wineskin and raising hand; to right, boar, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.04 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Ziegler 911–2, Levante S 312
Specimens 16 (2 in the core collections)
Note The obv. die is used an rev. die on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/55803.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.1163
2 2     ✸ L: 1970,0909.220
3 3     Düsseldorf Ziegler 912
4 4     Harvard: 1983.56.110
5 5     Rome: DS111904
6 6     Levante S1 310 (illustrated as 312)
7 7     A-KIKPE M&M GmbH 19, 16 May 2006, lot 144 = SNG Kikpe II, 798
7 7     Biga Numismatics EA 27, 3 Feb. 2024, lot 465
8 8     Ritter GmbH 43661 = Ziegler 911
9 9     VCoins
10 10     Ziegler 911
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     CGT coll. = NSB EA 11, 20 Feb. 2022, lot 1131