RPC VI, 7405 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7405 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖ (retrograde Ζ) ΜΗΤΡ ΕΝΔΟΞ Γ Β(retrograde)
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως ἐνδόξου γʹ βʹ Ἀναζ(άρβου) μητρ(οπόλεως) ἐνδόξ(ου) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, the glorious metropolis, (of the) 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design the Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, within arch, holding branch; at her feet, river god Pyramos swimming, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 23.05 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Ziegler 539
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 217 SNG 2086 = Ziegler 539.4
2 2     Münster: M 1313 Ziegler 539.3
3 3     Ziegler 539.1 = Levante 1462
4 4     Ziegler 539.2 = Waddell 27, 1987, 120
5 5     Ziegler 539.5 = Lanz 52, 1990, 599
6 6     CGT coll.