RPC VI, 6861 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6861 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Selinus-Traianopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟ ϹΕΛΙΝΟΥ ΤΗϹ ΙΕΡΑϹ
Edition Τραιανο(πολειτῶν) Σελίνου τῆς ἱερᾶς
Translation of the Traianopolitans of Selinus the Sacred
Reverse design Apollo Sidetes standing facing, wearing short chiton and mantle, holding patera and resting on sceptre; to right, at his feet, raven, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 11.67 g
Axis 12
Reference Levante, Selinus 58–9
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B1900 Levante, Selinus 58 = JHS 18, 1898, 164, 8
2 2     Levante S1 89 = CNG EA 90, 26 May 2004, lot 274
3 3     Levante, Selinus 59