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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2219245, member: 56859"]I'm revisiting some previously neglected mixed lot coins and this one is more interesting than most of them. I haven't been able to nail down the exact attribution. Perhaps it is unpublished... that's not particularly unusual for a provincial coin. I'm confident that it is Severus Alexander and from Anabarzus though.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]434556[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>CILICIA, Anazarbus. Severus Alexander</b></p><p>AE 24.8, 9.2 gm</p><p>struck CE 230/1 </p><p>Obv: AVT KM AV <span style="color: #0000ff">CE</span> <span style="color: #0000ff">AΛE Ξ</span>ANDP<span style="color: #0000ff">OC</span>; laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: ANAZ <span style="color: #0000ff">CNΔOΞ</span>MHTP・<span style="color: #ff0000">ETOHC</span>; heptastyle temple; Γ-B across fields; AMK below temple</p><p>Ref: similar to <a href="http://web3.forest.usf.edu/main/other/severan/spc/2500/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://web3.forest.usf.edu/main/other/severan/spc/2500/" rel="nofollow">Righetti 1503</a> and <a href="http://web3.forest.usf.edu/main/other/severan/spc/2501/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://web3.forest.usf.edu/main/other/severan/spc/2501/" rel="nofollow">Righetti 1504</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>Letters in blue: best guess</p><p>Letters in red: the date (CY 249, = CE 230/1, per <a href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=137606" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=137606" rel="nofollow">a coin in CNG's archives</a> which is also similar to mine, although less similar than the Righetti examples cited above)</p><p><br /></p><p>Location of Anazarbus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]434571[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>If any of you can provide a definitive reference, I'd appreciate it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post your coins of Anazarbus, Cilicia, or provincials of Severus Alexander <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2219245, member: 56859"]I'm revisiting some previously neglected mixed lot coins and this one is more interesting than most of them. I haven't been able to nail down the exact attribution. Perhaps it is unpublished... that's not particularly unusual for a provincial coin. I'm confident that it is Severus Alexander and from Anabarzus though. [ATTACH=full]434556[/ATTACH] [B]CILICIA, Anazarbus. Severus Alexander[/B] AE 24.8, 9.2 gm struck CE 230/1 Obv: AVT KM AV [COLOR=#0000ff]CE[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]AΛE Ξ[/COLOR]ANDP[COLOR=#0000ff]OC[/COLOR]; laureate bust right Rev: ANAZ [COLOR=#0000ff]CNΔOΞ[/COLOR]MHTP・[COLOR=#ff0000]ETOHC[/COLOR]; heptastyle temple; Γ-B across fields; AMK below temple Ref: similar to [URL='http://web3.forest.usf.edu/main/other/severan/spc/2500/']Righetti 1503[/URL] and [URL='http://web3.forest.usf.edu/main/other/severan/spc/2501/']Righetti 1504[/URL] Letters in blue: best guess Letters in red: the date (CY 249, = CE 230/1, per [URL='http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=137606']a coin in CNG's archives[/URL] which is also similar to mine, although less similar than the Righetti examples cited above) Location of Anazarbus: [ATTACH=full]434571[/ATTACH] If any of you can provide a definitive reference, I'd appreciate it. Feel free to post your coins of Anazarbus, Cilicia, or provincials of Severus Alexander :)[/QUOTE]
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