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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/7376 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 7376 (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 Μ Α(Υ) ϹΕ(ΟΥ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ |
Edition | Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σεου(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander |
Obverse design | radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front |
Reverse inscription | ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟ Γ Β ΕΤ ΘΜϹ, ΟΛΥΜΠΙ (middle crown) ΑΔΡΙ (?) (r. crown) |
Edition | Ἀναζάρβου μητρο(πόλεως) γʹ βʹ ἔτ(ους) θμσʹ Ὀλύμπι(α) Ἁδρι(άνιος) |
Translation | of Anazarbus, metropolis, (of the) 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), year 249, the Olympia, Hadrianic (games) |
Reverse design | three inscribed agonistic crowns with palm branches; the middle and right crowns are inscribed |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 29 mm |
Average weight | 16.90 g |
Axis | 6 |
Reference | Ziegler 620, Ziegler, Prestige B43 corr. |
Specimens | 2 (1 in the core collections) |
Note | The inscription on the l. crown is illegible. ΑΔΡΙΑΝΙΟϹ occurs on coins for Elagabalus |