RPC VI, 7255 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7255 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) 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 ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ϹΕΥΗΡΟΥ Α Μ Κ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου θεοῦ Σεουήρο(υ) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of Anazarbus, of the god Severus, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful
Reverse design biga of elephants advancing, left, pulling a car with a model temple of Divus Severus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 18.40 g
Axis 6
Reference Ziegler 447
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Künker 204, 12 Mar. 2012, lot 766
2 2     Ziegler 447 = Levante 1421