RPC VI, 7333 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7333 (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 ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ(Ϲ)
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 ΑΝΑΖ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡ ΕΤ ΒΜϹ Γ Β Α Μ Κ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξου μητροπόλεως ἔτους βμσʹ γʹ βʹ αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης Ἀναζ(άρβου) ἐνδόξ(ου) μητρ(οπόλεως) ἔτ(ους) βμσʹ γʹ βʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis, year 242, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), first, greatest, most beautiful
Reverse design front view of a temple with seven columns with globe in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.07 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler 484–5
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BK,1189 BMC 36 = Ziegler 484
2 2     ✸ B: 427/1911 Ziegler 485