RPC IX, 1482

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1482
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 Μ ΚΥΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Messius 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 35 mm
Axis 7
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 772
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 1481/1–9.
Note Https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/16555 is from the same die as https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/5309, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/5310, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/5322 but reworked in ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1872,0709.244 BMC 35