RPC VI, 7314 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7314 (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 radiate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑ(Ρ) ΜΗΤΡΟΠ (or ΜΗΤΡΟΠ) Γ Β Α Μ Κ
Edition Ἀναζάρ(βου) μητροπ(όλεως) γʹ βʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, (of the) 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), first, greatest, most beautiful
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus over panther, left, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.87 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler 366
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Ziegler 366.1 = Levante 1431
2 2     Ziegler 366.2
3 3     Ziegler 366a
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     David Lowe
6 6     ✸ Sol Numismatik XIV, 10 June 2023, lot 112