RPC VI, 7366 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7366 (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 (retrograde Ζ) ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ Γ Β ΕΤ ΘΜϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως γʹ βʹ βʹ ἔτους θμσʹ Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως γʹ βʹ βʹ ἔτ(ους) θμσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, (of the) 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), of year 249
Reverse design the Emperor standing, left, wearing radiate crown, holding sceptre and patera over lighted altar at his feet, facing Nike standing, right, holding wreath, on top of temple with four columns seen from three-quarter
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.19 g
Axis 2, 12
Reference Ziegler 628
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Ziegler 628.1 = vA 5495
2 2     Ziegler 628.2
2 2     Ancient Numismatics Auctions 16, 24 Nov. 2024, lot 185
3 3     Ziegler 628.3 = Ziegler, Münzen 1095
5 5     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 586 = R. Becker coll. = Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 586
6 6     CNG EA 515, 4 May 2022, lot 391