RPC IX, 1472

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1472
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 ΜΕϹ ΚΟΥ ΤΡΑ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μέσ(σιος) Κού(ϊντος) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Δέκιος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design radiate head of Decius, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟ ΜΗ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΗΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβο(υ) μη(τροπόλεως) γʹ γʹ ἔτ(ους) ηξσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), of year 268
Reverse design river god (Pyramos) reclining left, holding cornucopia and reed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.91 g
Axis 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 748
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 1472A/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cast in Winterthur = Ziegler, Anazarbos, 748.4
2 2     ✸ SNG Levante 1494
3 3     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 2135
4 4     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 243
5 5     Tahberer 439
6 6     D. Lowe coll.