RPC IX, 1480

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1480
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Issue Year ΗΞϹ = 268
Dating AD 250
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙ ΟΥ ΟϹ ΜΕϹ ΚΥΙΝΤΟϹ ΚΑΙ
Nominative Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟ, ΗΞϹ
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 742
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 1497/1–4, 6–18.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C: 453-1948 SNG 5230
2 2     CGT coll. = Auctiones EA 26, 18 May 2014, lot 29
3 3     Lindgren III, 790
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     Leeds-UL: 945
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     R. Effler coll.