RPC VI, 7065 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7065 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) 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 ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπόλεω(ς) 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 Athena seated, left, holding Nike and spear; behind the throne, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.87 g
Axis 2, 11, 12
Reference Ziegler, Münzen 721, Levante 1081
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1914,0111.3
2 2     Levante 1081
3 3     Ziegler, Münzen 721
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     Biga 9, 24 Apr. 2022, lot 487
6 6     Savoca 109th Blue, 24 July 2021, lot 571
7 7     ✸ Naville Numismatics 88, 7 Apr. 2024, lot 175