RPC VI, 6248 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6248 (temporary)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Colybrassus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΟΛΥΒΡΑϹϹΕΩΝ
Edition Κολυβρασσέων
Translation of the Colybrassians
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia and rudder on globe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.17 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Watson 220c-220k
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 418 SNG 543
2 2     C: Leake
3 3     C: Mossop
4 4     ✸ CGT coll. = CNG EA 303, 29 May 2013, lot 244
5 5     CNG EA 565, 3 July 2024, lot 406 = Levante 329
6 6     Numismatik Naumann 49, 8 Jan. 2017, lot 478 = Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 229
7 7     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 752
8 8     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 753
9 9     vA 8692
10 10     CGT coll. = Savoca 24 Blue, 22 Sept. 2019, lot 1014
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     Lindgren III, 808