RPC IX, 1475

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1475
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 ΚΟΥ ΕΡΕ ΕΤΡΟ ΜΕ ΔΕΚΚΙΟϹ (sic) ΚΑΙ
Edition Κού(ϊντος) Ἑρε(ννίος) Ἐτρο(ῦσκος) Μέ(σσιος) Δέκκιος Καῖ(σαρ)
Translation Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius Caesar
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡ ΕΝΔ ΜΗΤΡ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΗΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρ(βου) 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, right, holding reins and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.86 g
Axis 6
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 749
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same rev. die as 1471/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.53085 Ziegler, Anazarbos, 749/2
2 2     N F 8495
3 3     ✸ SNG Levante 1500