RPC VI, 7332 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7332 (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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(υῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟ (or ΜΗΤΡ) Γ Β Α Μ Κ (ΕΤ ΒΜϹ)
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως γʹ βʹ αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης ἔτους βμσʹ Ἀναζάρβου μητρο(πόλεως) γʹ βʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) ἔτ(ους) βμσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis of 3 (eparchies), 2 (neocorate), first, the greatest, the most beautiful, of year 242
Reverse design capricorn on globe, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.40 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler 482–3
Specimens 11 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY Ziegler 482.5
2 2     ✸ CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 948
3 3     Ziegler 482.1 = Levante 1456 = CNG EA 129, 21 Dec. 2005, lot 200
4 4     Ziegler 482.2 = Kolner 45, 1987, 549
5 5     Ziegler 482.3
6 6     Ziegler 482.4 = Ziegler, Münzen 1070
7 7     Ziegler 482.6
8 8     Ziegler 483.1 = Lindgren I, 1438
9 9     Ziegler 483.2 = Ziegler, Münzen 1071
10 10     Ziegler 483.3 = Ziegler, Münzen 1072
11 11     Biga Numismatics EA 27, 3 Feb. 2024, lot 437