RPC VI, 7382 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7382 (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 ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(βῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖ(ΑΡ) (sometimes retrograde Ζ) (or ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ) ΜΗΤΡΟΠ (or ΜΗΤΡΟ or ΜΗΤΡΟ) Γ Β ΕΤ ΘΜϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρ(βου) μητροπ(όλεως) γʹ βʹ βʹ ἔτ(ους) θμσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, (of the) 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), of year 249
Reverse design Nike driving biga, right, holding wreath and reins
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.17 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Ziegler 602–3, 605–7
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 209 SNG 2096 = Wa 4145 = Ziegler 603
2 2     NY: 1944.100.53073 Ziegler 606.1
3 3     Istanbul: KD.1154/200, 1979 Ziegler 606.2
4 4     Ziegler 602
5 5     Ziegler 605 = Ziegler, Münzen 1087
6 6     Ziegler 606.3 = Ziegler, Münzen 1086
7 7     Ziegler 606.4
9 9     Ziegler 607.2
10 10     ✸ Zeus 17, 5 Jun. 2021, lot 448
11 11     Zeus 24, 24 April 2022, lot 337