RPC VI, 7275 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7275 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) 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 ΙΕΡΟϹ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟϹ ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒ Α Μ Κ
Edition ἱερὸς οἰκουμενικὸς Ἀναζάρβου αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης ἱερὸς οἰκουμενικὸς Ἀναζάρβ(ου) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation sacred universal games of Anazarbus, first, greatest, most beautiful
Reverse design athlete advancing nude, left, looking back, holding palm branch and placing hand into urn at his feet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.84 g
Axis 12
Reference Ziegler 418, Ziegler, Prestige B25
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 189 SNG 2060 = Ziegler 418.1 = Ziegler, Prestige pl. 5.33 (rev.)
2 2     NY: 1972.191.108 Ziegler 418.3
3 3     V-ON Ziegler 418.2 = SNG Leypold 2237
4 4     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 178
5 5     Ziegler 418.4 = Ziegler, Münzen 1047
6 6     Ziegler 418.5 = Ziegler, Münzen 1048
7 7     Ziegler 418.6 = Franke coll., ex Oswald Nachfolger, 2, 1992
8 8     Ziegler 418.7 = Levante S1 329 = CNG EA 108, 16 Feb. 2005, lot 41
9 9     Biga 9, 24 Apr. 2022, lot 474
10 10     Savoca 143th Silver, 18 Sept. 2022, lot 190