RPC VI, 7085 (temporary)

 

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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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander, Father of the Homeland
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
Average weight 24.99 g
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