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 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 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

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