RPC VI, 7340 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

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
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
Axis 7, 12
Reference Ziegler 536–8
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

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