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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός 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 μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ 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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# Specimen 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