RPC VI, 30327 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30327 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ, Α Μ Κ, Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπόλε(ως) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, the metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, of the 3 eparchies, twice neocorate
Reverse design Demiourgos crown on garlanded altar to left, and cilicarch crown with seven imperial heads
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 13.16 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1847,0619.86 BMC 207
2 2     P: 1307 SNG 1566 = Wa 4646
6 6     Hirsch 260, 12 Feb. 2009, lot 2172
8 8     ✸ Pecunem 9, Nov. 2013, 363
10 10     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1375
12 12     Zeus Auction 19, 8 Aug. 2021, lot 320
12 12     B: 18223341, I-B
13 13     CNG EA 433, 28 Nov. 2018, lot 212
14 14     Kölner Münzkabinett EA 3, 25 June 2017, lot 287
15 15     CGT coll. ex Münzhandlung Ritter ex Ferdinand Burbach coll.