RPC VI, 7342 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7342 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ ΗΜС = 248
Dating 229/30
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΟ (sic) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σ<έ>ο(υηρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤ Β Γ ΕΤ ΗΜϹ
Edition Ἀναζ(άρβων) ἐνδόξ(ων) μητ(ροπόλεως) βʹ κ(αλλίστης) ἔτ(ους) ημσʹ
Translation of the glorious (city) of the Anazarbans, metropolis, 2 (neocorate), the most beautiful, of year 248
Reverse design Dionysus standing on chariot, right, drawn by two panthers, holding thyrsus and taenia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.63 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Ziegler 521
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

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