RPC VI, 7300 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7300 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus) ; Julia Paula (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ Ι ΠΑΥΛΑ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστὸς) Ἰ(ουλία) Παύλα Σε(βαστή)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, Julia Paula Augusta
Obverse design facing busts of Elagabalus, radiate, draped and cuirassed, right, and Julia Paula, diademed and draped, left
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλε(ως) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of) 3 (eparchies), 2 (neocorate)
Reverse design river god Pyramos reclining, left, holding cornucopia and reed, and resting on vase from which water flows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.59 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Ziegler 377
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1894,0504.10 BMC 35 = Ziegler 377.2
2 2     V-ON SNG Leypold 2244
3 3     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 167
4 4     Ziegler 377.1 = Levante 1437 = CNG EA 121, 24 Aug. 2005, lot 125 = CNG EA 537, 26 Apr. 2023, lot 325