RPC VI, 7365 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7365 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ ΘΜС = 249
Dating 230/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ(Α) Μ(Α) ΑΥ ϹΕΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κα(ῖσαρ) Μᾶ(ρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σεου(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ (sometimes retrograde Ζ) ΜΗΤΡΟ(ΠΟΛ) Γ Β ΕΤ ΘΜϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως γʹ βʹ ἔτους θμσʹ Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλ(εως) γʹ βʹ ἔτ(ους) θμσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, (of the) 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), of year 249
Reverse design the Emperor standing, left, holding spear, facing Nike standing, right, holding wreath; between them, two captives seated back to back, hands tied, at the feet of a trophy decorated with helmet and shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.41 g
Axis 12
Reference Ziegler 627, 631
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Washington Ziegler 631.2
2 2     Levante S1 345
3 3     Ziegler 627 = Karbach coll.
4 4     Ziegler 631.1 = Levante 1742
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 584, 2 Apr. 2025, lot 492