RPC VI, 7060 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7060 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
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 13.99 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Ziegler, Münzen 722–3, Levante 1078, SNG vA 6023, SNG Pfalz 1374
Specimens 14 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2641 vA 6023
2 2     L: 1961,0301.412
3 3     NY: 1995.110.48
4 4     O
5 5     CNG 93, May 2013, 915 = CNG EA 346, 11 Mar. 2015, lot 253
6 6     Levante 1078 = Triton VII, Jan. 2004, 806
7 7     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1375
8 8     Ziegler, Münzen 722
9 9     Ziegler, Münzen 723
10 10     CGT coll. = Demos 6, 5 Dec. 2021, lot 607
11 11     B: 18223340, Löbb.
12 12     P SNG 1567
13 13     Boston: 63.3007
14 14     Rome: 80472 Calomino MNR 649