RPC VI, 7389 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7389 (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 Ϲ(ΕΟΥΗ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒ(ΟΥ) ΜΗΤΡΟΠ Γ Β ΕΤ ΘΜϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπ(όλεως) γʹ βʹ βʹ ἔτ(ους) θμσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, (of the) 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), of year 249
Reverse design Nike standing on globe, left, holding wreath and trophy
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.74 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler 615–7
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Fox, 1873 Ziegler 615 = RN 1854, p. 10, 5
2 2     Ziegler 616
3 3     Ziegler 617