RPC VI, 7066 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7066 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ(ΩϹ) Α Μ Κ, Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπόλεως 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 30 mm
Average weight 14.80 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference SNG France 1568, SNG Pfalz 1377–8
Specimens 13 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1963,0513.1
2 2     P: 1336 SNG 1568
3 3     B: 18223342, B-I
4 4     C: Lewis SNG 1743
5 5     Mu: 26828
6 6     NY: 1954.78.1
7 7     V: GR 19232
8 8     ✸ CNG 93, May 2013, 917 = Peus 366, Oct. 2000, 1006
9 9     Kunker 124, Mar. 2007, 9327
10 10     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 19, 6 July 2014, lot 440
11 11     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1377
12 12     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1378
13 13     Winterthur: G 6703 Winterthur: G 6703