RPC VI, 7388 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7388 (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 ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(βῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ (sometimes retrograde Ζ) ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΟ(Ϲ) (sic) (or ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΙ sic) ΕΤ ΘΜϹ Β Γ (or Γ Β)
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως ἔτ(ους) θμσʹ βʹ γʹ
Translation of Anazarbus metropolis, year 249, twice (neocorate), 3 (eparchies)
Reverse design Nike standing on globe, left, holding wreath and trophy
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.17 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler 609–11
Specimens 8 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Ziegler 609
2 2     ✸ A-KIKPE Ziegler 610 = SNG Pfalz 213
2 2     Demos 10, 2 July 2022, lot 389
3 3     Ziegler 611.1
4 4     Ziegler 611.2
5 5     NBS WA 5, 25 May 2021, lot 504
6 6     Ares 1, 23 Aug. 2019, lot 315
7 7     Numismad 3, 23 July 2022, lot 707 (uncertain)