RPC IX, 1479

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1479
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 ΤΡΑΙ ΔΕΚΚΙΟϹ (sic) ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Κύϊντος Τραϊανὸς Δέκκιος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Κύϊ(ντος) Τραϊ(ανὸς) Δέκκιος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design radiate head of Decius, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΕΤ ΗΞϹ, Γ Γ, ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξου ἔτους ηξσʹ γʹ γʹ οἰκουμενικός Ἀναζ(άρβου) ἐνδόξ(ου) ἔτ(ους) ηξσʹ γʹ γʹ οἰκουμενικός
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, of year 268, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), universal
Reverse design agonistic crown containing palm, with inscription ΔƐΚΙΟϹ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.80 g
Axis 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 744
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same rev. die as 1476/1–9.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Hannover: 1963-29-24
2 2     ✸ SNG Levante 1495
3 3     V-ON Leypold 2272
4 4     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 239
5 5     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 240
6 6     CGT coll. = Savoca 91st Silver, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 479
7 7     D. Lowe coll.