RPC IX, 1483

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
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)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 244 Wa 4159 = SNG 2122
2 2     O
3 3     Aufhäuser 6, 5 Oct. 1989, lot 530
4 4     SNG Levante 1497
5 5     SNG Levante 1498
6 6     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 773.5
7 7     CGT coll.