RPC IX, 1481

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1481
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΘΞϹ = 269
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΚΥΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΙΕΡΟΥ ΟΛΥΜΠ, ΘΞϹ
Reverse design five agonistic crowns, the three in the upper row containing palms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 1, 9, 11, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 771
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–9: same pair of dies. 1–9: same obv. die as 1467/1, 1468/1–2. 1–9: same rev. die as 1482/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 19079
2 2     V: GR 19080
3 3     Washington Ziegler, Anazarbos, 771.4
4 4     A. Walker, Ancient Greek Coins, The Credit Bank coll. (Athens, 1978), no. 963M (illustrated under no. 964)
5 5     SNG Levante 1496
6 6     Ronde coll.
7 7     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 251
8 8     Tahberer 440
9 9     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 771.5