RPC VI, 30641 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30641 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ ΒΜС = 242
Dating 223/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(υῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟ (or ΜΗΤΡ) Γ Β Α Μ Κ ΕΤ ΒΜϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως γʹ βʹ αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης ἔτους βμσʹ Ἀναζάρβου μητρο(πόλεως) γʹ βʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) ἔτ(ους) βμσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis of 3 (eparchies), 2 (neocorate), first, the greatest, the most beautiful, of year 242
Reverse design nude male figure (Apollo?), standing left, holding up branch and short sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.10 g
Reference Ziegler —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Biga Numismatics EA 21, 1 July 2023, lot 374