RPC VI, 7330 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7330 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ ΒΜС = 242
Dating 223/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(υῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΕΤ ΒΜϹ Γ Β Α Μ Κ
Edition Ἀναζά(ρβου) μητρο(πόλεως) ἔτ(ους) βμσʹ γʹ βʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of Anazarbus metropolis, of year 242, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), first, greatest, most beautiful
Reverse design Tyche(?) standing facing, head left, holding cornucopia over small column behind her and throwing pebble into urn before her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 12.60 g
Reference Ziegler 486
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Ziegler 486 = Levante 1457 = Ziegler, Städte 12, 108 = CNG EA 106, 19 Jan. 2005, lot 147