RPC VI, 7038 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7038 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Seleucia ad Calycadnum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, with drapery, seen from front
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΚΑΛ(Υ)(ΚΑ)(ΔΝΩ)
Reverse design Athena standing, right, holding shield and brandishing spear towards anguiform giant, left, who is throwing stones at her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Reference BMC 33, SNG France 999–1003, Levante 756, Ziegler, Münzen 465–8
Specimens 39 (16 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0402.226 BMC 33
2 2     P: 938 SNG 1002
2 2     Lindgren I, 1586
3 3     P: 939 SNG 999
3 3     CNG MBS 58, 19 Sept. 2001, lot 950
4 4     P: 940 SNG 1000
5 5     P: 941 SNG 1001
6 6     P: 953 SNG 1003
7 7     B: F1873
8 8     B: I-B1900 Mi III, 603, 308
9 9     ✸ B: L1906
10 10     B: L1906
11 11     B: L1906
12 12     Cop: 213
13 13     NY: 1944.100.54202
14 14     NY: 1944.100.54203
15 15     NY: 1944.100.54205
16 16     NY: 1953.171.1347
17 17     Anamur: 1.28.2004 SNG 283
18 18     Anamur: 2.47.2007 SNG 284
19 19     Anamur: 5.186.2004 SNG 285
20 20     V-ON SNG Leypold 2590
21 21     V-ON SNG Leypold 2591
22 22     CNG 127, Nov. 2005, 179
23 23     CNG 93, may 2013, 886
24 24     Lanz 106, Nov. 2011, 605
25 25     Levante 756 = CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 584
26 26     RomaNum 4, Sept. 2012, 2393
27 27     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1063
28 28     Ziegler, Münzen 465
29 29     Ziegler, Münzen 466
30 30     Ziegler, Münzen 467
31 31     Ziegler, Münzen 468
32 32     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
33 33     Lindgren I, 1586
34 34     Themis 9, 11 Apr. 2021, lot 388
35 35     Themis 9, 11 Apr. 2021, lot 565
36 36     CGT coll. = LAC Auction 39, 18 Nov. 2014, lot 125
37 37     Boston: 65.864