RPC VI, 7339 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7339 (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 Α ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) 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(ΑΡ) ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡΟ(ΠΟ) Γ Β ΕΤ ΗΜϹ (or Β Γ ΕΤ ΗΜϹ)
Reverse design three-quarter view of two temples with four columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.36 g
Axis 2, 6, 7, 12
Reference Ziegler 541–2
Specimens 15 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: L1906 Ziegler 542.6
2 2     C: 450.1948 SNG 5227 = Ziegler 541.2
3 3     NY Ziegler 542.2
4 4     V Ziegler 542.1
5 5     Freiburg: 12076 Ziegler 542.5
6 6     Ziegler 541.1 = Levante 1461 = CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1113
7 7     ✸ Ziegler 542.3 = Aukt. Aufhäuser 1987, 385 = Leu 4, 25 May 2019, lot 474 = Leu EA 23, 22 Aug. 2022, lot 3654
9 9     Ziegler 542.7
10 10     Ziegler 542.8
11 11     R.Becker coll.
12 12     CNG EA 321, 26 Feb. 2014, lot 330
13 13     CNG EA 108, 16 Feb. 2005, lot 42
14 14     Ziegler 542.4 = CNG EA 475, 26 Aug. 2020, lot 474 = VAuctions 321, 10 Nov. 2016, lot 102 = MMAG 41, 18 June 1970, lot 548 = CNG Triton XXVII Online Sessions, 17 Jan. 2024, lot 5442
16 16     Nomos obolos 14, 15 Dec. 2019, lot 375
17 17     Roma Numismatics EA 118, 8 Apr. 2024, lot 1117 = Roma Numismatics EA 109, 11 May 2023, lot 863