RPC VI, 7251 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7251 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ƐT MϹ = 240
Dating 221/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing crown and garments of Demiourgos, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖ (ΕΝΔΟΞ) ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΤΡΟΠ Α Μ Κ (or ΑΜΚ) Γ Β, ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΙΑ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΥ ΕΤ ΜϹ
Edition Ἀναζ(άρβου) ἐνδόξ(ου) μητροπ(όλεως) τροπ(αίου) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ δημιουργία Ἀντωνείνου ἔτ(ους) μσʹ
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis, trophy, the first, greatest, and most beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), the demiourgia of Antoninus, year 240
Reverse design inscription within Demiourgos wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.57 g
Axis 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference Ziegler 467–71
Specimens 17 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1897,0104.377 BMC 20 = Ziegler 471.1
1 1     P: 196 SNG 2073 = Wa 4134 = Ziegler 467.3
2 2     Harvard: 1983.56.192 Ziegler 467.2
2 2     NY: 1975.219.7 Ziegler 468.3 = Mabbott 2122
3 3     CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 177
3 3     Ziegler 467.1 = vA 5487 = JNG 27, 1977, 41, 66
4 4     Ziegler 468.1 = Ziegler, Münzen 1056
5 5     Ziegler 468.2 = Ziegler, Münzen 1057
6 6     Ziegler 468.4
7 7     Ziegler 469
8 8     Ziegler 470.1 = Levante 1436
9 9     Ziegler 470.2 = Aukt. Schulten 1986, 663
10 10     Ziegler 471.2
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     Agora Auctions Numismatic 52, 22 Mar. 2016, lot 97
13 13     ✸ Leu EA 10, 7 Dec. 2019, lot 845
14 14     Rönesans Salzgitter Blue 1, 27 Aug. 2023, lot 586