RPC VI, 7411 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7411 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΝΑΝΔΡΟϹ (sic)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξ{ν}ανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ἀναζάρβ(ου) μητροπόλ(εως) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of) 3 (eparchies), 2 (neocorate)
Reverse design athlete seated nude, right, holding palm branch and placing wreath over his head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.83 g
Axis 6
Reference Ziegler 480
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.53077 Ziegler 480