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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1483 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IX |
Number | 1483 |
Province | Cilicia |
Region | Cilicia |
Subregion | Cilicia Pedias |
City | Anazarbus |
Reign | Trajan Decius |
Person (obv.) | Trajan Decius (Augustus) ; Herennius Etruscus (Caesar) ; Hostilian (Caesar) |
Issue | Year ΘΞϹ = 269 |
Dating | AD 250/1 |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥΤ Κ Κ ΤΡΑΙ ΔΕΚΚΙΟϹ (sic) ΕΤΡ ΜΕϹ ΔΕΚΙΟΝ ΜΕ ΚΥΙΝΤΟΝ |
Edition | Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Κ(ύϊντος) Τραϊ(ανὸς) Δέκκιος Ἐτρ(οῦσκον) Μέσ(σιον) Δέκιον Μέ(σσιον) Κύϊντον |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Quintus Traianus Decius, for Etruscus Messius Decius, for Messius Quintus |
Obverse design | Decius seated, left, on curule chair, holding globe, between Etruscus seated, left, on curule chair, and Hostilian seated, left, on curule chair |
Reverse inscription | ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΘΞϹ |
Edition | Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξ(ου) μητροπό(λεως) γʹ γʹ ἔτ(ους) θξσʹ |
Translation | of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), of year 269 |
Reverse design | draped female divinity, standing left, wearing kalathos, holding double axe at shoulder; behind, bull left, head right |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 31 mm |
Average weight | 19.34 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | Ziegler, Anazarbos, 773 |
Specimens | 7 (2 in the core collections) |
Die-links | 1–6: same pair of dies. |
Correction | Corrected coin-type (post publication) |