RPC VI, 7277 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7277 (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, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ Β Γ Α Μ Κ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπό(λεως) βʹ γʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, 2 (neocorate), of the 3 (eparchies), the first, the greatest, the most beautiful
Reverse design front view of quadriga carrying the conical stone of Emesa, on which eagle facing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.55 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler 395
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Yale: ILE2013,17.367 Lanz 117, 24 Nov. 2003, lot 1004
2 2     Ziegler 395 = Waddell 1, 1982, 479 = Ziegler, Städte pl. 11, 99
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     Zeus 17, 5 Jun. 2021, lot 484