RPC IX, 1473

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1473
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Issue Year ΗΞϹ = 268
Dating AD 250
Obverse inscription ΚΥΙΝ ΕΡΕ ΕΤΡ ΜΕϹ ΔΕΚΚΙΟϹ (sic) Κ
Edition Κύϊν(τος) Ἑρέ(ννιος) Ἐτρ(οῦσκος) Μέσ(σιος) Δέκκιος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius Caesar
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖ ΕΝΔ ΜΗΤΡ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΗΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζ(άρβου) ἐνδ(όξου) μητρ(οπόλεως) γʹ γʹ ἔτ(ους) ηξσʹ
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), of year 268
Reverse design Nike driving biga of horses, left, holding reins and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.32 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 743
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 1495/1–9, 1496/1–7. 1–8: same rev. die as 1474/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1913,0516.2
2 2     P: 245 SNG 2123
3 3     ✸ O
4 4     Harvard Ziegler, Anazarbos, 743.2
5 5     Tahberer 445
6 6     Ziegler 1131
7 7     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 743.5
8 8     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 743.6, pl. 31
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll. = Ares Web Auction 9, 17 May 2020, lot 364
11 11     CGT coll.