RPC VI, 7409 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7409 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΟ (sic) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖ(retrograde) ΜΗΤΡΟ (or ΜΗΤΡΟ) ΕΝΔΟΞ Γ Β (or ΑΝΑΖ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡΟ or ΜΗΤΡΟ) Γ Β
Reverse design Nike standing in biga, right, holding wreath and reins
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 1, 6, 11
Reference Ziegler 525–6, 530–1
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.53072 Ziegler 531.1
2 2     Washington Ziegler 525.1
3 3     Ziegler 525.2
4 4     ✸ Ziegler 526.1 = Levante 1453
5 5     Ziegler 526.2 = Ziegler, Münzen 1084
6 6     Ziegler 530
7 7     Ziegler 531.2
8 8     Zeus Auction 19, 8 Aug. 2021, lot 342
9 9     LIndgren III, A784a
10 10     NB 294S WA 9, 27 Nov. 2021, lot