RPC VI, 7061 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7061 (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 rear; (below, two stars)
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 32 mm
Average weight 14.47 g
Axis 2, 6, 7, 12
Reference BMC 207, SNG France 1565–6, SNG Pfalz 1375–6
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 834
3 3     P: 1332 SNG 1565
4 4     Mu: 13.013
5 5     V: GR 19228
7 7     Künker 111, 18 Mar. 2006, lot 6913 = CNG EA 536, 12 Apr. 2023, lot 358
9 9     Roma Numismatics 9, June 2014, 304
11 11     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1376
12 12     CNG EA 433, 28 Nov. 2018, lot 211
13 13     A-KIKPE Roma Numismatics EA 41, 2 Dec. 2017, lot 522 = SNG Kikpe II, 819