RPC IX, 1469

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1469
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus) ; Herennius Etruscus (Caesar) ; Hostilian (Caesar)
Issue Year ΗΞϹ = 268
Dating AD 250
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Κ ΤΡΑΙ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ, ΕΤΡ ΜΕϹϹΙ ΔΕΚΙΟΝ ΜΕ ΚΟΥΙΝΤΟΝ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Κ(ύϊντος) Τραϊ(ανὸς) Δέκιος Ἐτρ(οῦσκον) Μέσσι(ον) Δέκιον Μέ(σσιον) Κούϊντον
Translation Emperor Caesar Quintus Trajan Decius, for Etruscus Messius Decius, for Messius Quintus
Obverse design Decius seated, left, on curule chair, holding globe, between Etruscus seated, left, on curule chair, and Hostilian seated, left, on curule chair
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΗΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζά(ρβου) ἐνδόξ(ου) μητροπ(όλεως) γʹ γʹ ἔτ(ους) ηξσʹ
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), of year 268
Reverse design five agonistic crowns, the three in the upper row containing(?) palms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 24.12 g
Axis 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 751
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B GM 550
2 2     Private coll., Kaarst