RPC VI, 7337 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7337 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ ΗΜС = 248
Dating 229/30
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεο(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 ΑΝΑΖ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡ ΕΤ ΗΜϹ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ Β Γ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξου μητροπόλεως ἔτους ημσʹ Ὀλύμπια βʹ γʹ Ἀναζ(άρβου) ἐνδόξ(ου) μητρ(οπόλεως) ἔτ(ους) ημσʹ Ὀλύμπια βʹ γʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, glorious metropolis, year 248, Olympia of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design athlete standing facing, head left, holding palm branch and wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.46 g
Axis 6
Reference Ziegler 545, Ziegler, Prestige B39
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 206 SNG 2087 = Wa 4139 = Ziegler 545.2 = Ziegler, Prestige pl. 6.46
2 2     Cop: 46 Ziegler 545.1
3 3     Ziegler 545.3 = Hirsch 13, 1905, 4312 (rev.)