RPC IX, 1482

 

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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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(έσσιος) Κύϊ(ντος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor 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
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξ(ου) μητροπό(λεως) γʹ γʹ ἔτ(ους) ἱεροῦ Ὀλυμπ(ικοῦ) θξσʹ
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), of the sacred Olympic year 269
Reverse design five agonistic crowns, the three in the upper row containing palms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 14.18 g
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