RPC VI, 30233 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30233 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ ΗΜС = 248
Dating 229/30
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ Κ Μ Α ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤ Β Γ ΕΤ ΗΜϹ
Edition Ἀναζ(άρβων) ἐνδόξ(ων) μητ(ροπόλεως) βʹ κ(αλλίστης) ἔτ(ους) ημσʹ
Translation of the glorious (city) of the Anazarbans, metropolis, 2 (neocorate), the most beautiful, of year 248
Reverse design Dionysus standing on chariot, right, drawn by two panthers, holding thyrsus and taenia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.60 g
Axis 7
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Leu EA 17, 14 Aug. 2021, lot 1767
2 2     Nomos obolos 20, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 413
3 3     Ancient Numismatics Auctions 16, 24 Nov. 2024, lot 184