RPC VI, 7381 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7381 (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 ΑΥΤΟ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ (sometimes retrograde Ζ) ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π)(ΟΛΕΟϹ sic) ΕΤ ΘΜϹ Γ Β (sometimes both retrograde)
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπ(όλεως) ἔτ(ους) θμςʹ γʹ βʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, of year 249, 3 (eparchies), 2 (neocorate)
Reverse design Nike standing on globe, left, holding palm branch and trophy
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.36 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Ziegler 586–9
Specimens 14 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: L1906 Ziegler 586.2
2 2     O Ziegler 588.1
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 162, 11 Apr. 2007, lot 231
4 4     Ziegler 586.1 = Levante 1465
5 5     Ziegler 586.3 = Malloy 23, 1987, 269
6 6     A-KIKPE Ziegler 586.4 = SNG Pfalz 208
7 7     Ziegler 587.1 = Ziegler, Münzen 1089
8 8     Ziegler 587.2 = Ziegler, Münzen 1090
9 9     Ziegler 588.2
10 10     Ziegler 588.3
11 11     Ziegler 589
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     CGT coll.; CGT coll.
14 14     Numismad 6, 28 - 29 Jan. 2023, lot 1268