RPC VI, 7340 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7340 (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(sometimes retrograde) ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡΟ(ΠΟΛ) (or ΜΗΤΡΟ) Γ Β (or Β Γ, sometimes retrograde) ΕΤ ΗΜϹ
Reverse design the Emperor driving a quadriga, left, holding reins and raising laurel branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.90 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Ziegler 536–8
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 205 SNG 2085 = Ziegler 537
2 2     NY Ziegler 536.2
3 3     ✸ Ziegler 536.1 = Levante 1459 = Weber 7503 = CNG EA 321, 26 Feb. 2014, lot 329
4 4     Ziegler 536.3
5 5     Ziegler 538
6 6     CGT coll. = Pecunem 32, 7 June 2015, lot 342
7 7     CNG EA 568, 14 Aug. 2024, lot 320