RPC VI, 7257 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7257 (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 ΕΝΔΟΞΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΡΩ Τ Γ Β Α Μ Κ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξου μητροπό(λεως) Ῥω(μαικοῖς) τ(ροπαίοις) γʹ βʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis, Roman trophies, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), first, greatest, most beautiful
Reverse design the Emperor, togate, seated on sella curulis, left, receiving an agonistic crown from Tyche of the City, standing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.30 g
Reference Ziegler 444, Ziegler, Prestige B35
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note ΤΡΟ ΡΩ = ΤΡΟπαίοις ΡΩμαικοῖς κεκοσμημένης

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1991.276 SNG 2071 = Levante 1420 = Ziegler 444.1 = Ziegler, Prestige pl. 5.43
2 2     Ziegler 444.2 = Levante S1 335
3 3     ✸ Hirsch 343, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 2736
4 4     Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 146
5 5     Bucephalus Numismatic Black 36, 5–6 Apr. 2024, lot 714