RPC IX, 1467

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1467
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΗΞϹ = 268
Dating AD 250
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΚΥΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Κύϊ(ντος) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Δέκιος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ, ΕΤ ΗΞϹ, Γ, ΚΑΙ Γ ΝΕωΚΟΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξ(ου) μητροπό(λεως) ἔτ(ους) ηξσʹ γʹ καὶ γʹ νεωκόρου
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis, of year 268, (of the) three (eparchies), thrice neocorate
Reverse design temple with seven columns in frontal view; below, two temples with four columns shown in perspective, facing each other
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 26.47 g
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 753
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1468/1–2, 1481/1–9.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ SNG Levante Supp. 354 = Aufhäuser 6, 5 Oct. 1989, lot 529