RPC VI, 6899 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6899 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Ninica Claudiopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AVR SEVER ALEXANΔER (sic)
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Sever(us) Alexander
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG FEL NINIC CLAVΔI
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Fel(ix) Ninic(a) Clauδi(opolis)
Translation the colony Julia Augusta Felix Ninica Claudiopolis
Reverse design Dionysus seated on chariot, left, drawn by two panthers, holding cantharus and long thyrsus; to left, Silenus pulling the pathers by the reins
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.14 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Kubitschek 11
Specimens 16 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1885,1103.4 BMC 4 = Kubitschek 11b
2 2     P: 1991.279 SNG 787 = Levante 614
3 3     B: 1877/628 Kubitschek 11a
4 4     CGT coll. = CNG EA 310, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 273
5 5     Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 646
6 6     ✸ Levante S1 164 = CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1108
7 7     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 763
8 8     Roma Numismatics E-Sale 10, 26 July 2014, lot 518
9 9     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 971
10 10     vA 5770
11 11     vA 5771
12 12     Ziegler 326
13 13     CNG EA 403, 9 Aug. 2017, lot 387
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     Demos 10, 14 May 2022, lot 536
16 16     Priv Coll H. I., ex Savoca 143rd Silver, 18 Sept. 2022, lot 192