RPC VI, 7404 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7404 (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 ϹΕΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεου(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ (sometimes retrograde Ζ) ΜΗΤΡΟΠ (or ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ or ΜΗΤΡΟΠ) Γ Β (or Β Γ) 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 five palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.34 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler 547–50
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: 451.1948 SNG 5228 = Ziegler 548.1
2 2     Istanbul: 8592 Ziegler 548.3
3 3     Ziegler 547 = Levante 1464
4 4     Ziegler 548.2 (from Aleppo)
5 5     Ziegler 549
6 6     Ziegler 550 = Malloy, 23, 1987, 271
7 7     ✸ Trade May 2020
8 8     Ares 6, 19 Jan. 2020, lot 335