RPC VI, 10944 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10944 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεου(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front, with shield on shoulder
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΩΛΕΟϹ ϹΥΝΘΥϹΙΑ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΗϹ Γ Β
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως συνθυσία οἰκουμένης γʹ βʹ Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως συνθυσία οἰκουμένης γʹ βʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, common festival of the world, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Synthysia standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding double axe; in the background, ox, left, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 18.97 g
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Naumann 86, 20 Feb. 2020, lot 408
2 2     Biga Numismatics EA 20, 10–11 June 2023, lot 426