RPC VI, 7297 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7297 (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 ΜΗΤΡΟΠ Β Γ Α Μ Κ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπ(όλεως) 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 athlete seated nude on basis, right, holding palm branch and crowning himself with wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.52 g
Axis 6
Reference Ziegler 391
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Winterthur: G 7035 Ziegler 391 = Münzzentrum 71, 1991, lot 427
2 2     Ares 3, 20 Oct. 2019, lot 544