RPC VI, 7290 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7290 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) 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 ΑΝΑΖ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ Γ Β Α Μ Κ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως γʹ βʹ αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης Ἀναζ(άρβου) μητροπόλ(εως) γʹ βʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, (of the) 3 (eparchies), 2 (neocorate), first, greatest, most beautiful
Reverse design Triptolemus driving biga of two winged serpents, right, holding reins and raising hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.37 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Ziegler 410
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1975,0411.348 Ziegler 410.3
2 2     Washington Ziegler 410.2
3 3     CNG EA 162, 11 Apr. 2007, lot 229
4 4     Ziegler 410.1 = Levante 1426 = Ziegler, Städte pl. 11, 100
5 5     Ziegler 410.4 = Aukt. Aufh. 7, 1990, 563
6 6     ✸ Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger 423, 7 Nov. 2018, lot 150 = CNG EA 493, 9 June 2021, lot 441
7 7     Roma Numismatics EA 41, 2 Dec. 2017, lot 521