RPC VI, 30802 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30802 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ ΗΛϹ = 238
Dating 219/20
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΕΝΔ [ΕΤ ΗΛϹ Α Μ Κ] Γ Β
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως ἐνδόξου ἔτους ηλσʹ αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως ἐνδ(όξου) ἔτ(ους) ηλσʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Anazarbus glorious metropolis, year 238, first, greatest, most beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Selene-Hecate driving biga of oxen, left, wearing chiton inflated by wind, holding reins and raising hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.44 g
Reference Ziegler -
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Aquila Numismatics 15, 6 July 2024, lot 146