RPC IX, 1495

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1495
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Issue Year ΘΞϹ = 269
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription ΚΥΙΝ ΕΡΕ ΕΤΡ ΜΕϹ ΔΕΚΚΙΟϹ (sic) Κ
Edition Κύϊν(τος) Ἑρέ(ννιος) Ἐτρ(οῦσκος) Μέσ(σιος) Δέκκιος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius Caesar
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡΟ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΘΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξ(ου) μητρο(πόλεως) γʹ γʹ ἔτ(ους) θξσʹ
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), of year 269
Reverse design agonistic crown on table with curved legs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.82 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 756
Specimens 11 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–9: same pair of dies. 1–9: same obv. die as 1473/1–8, 1496/1–7.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     SNG Levante 1501
2 2     SNG Levante Supp. 356
3 3     ✸ M&M GmbH 19, 16 May 2006, lot 56 = Righetti
4 4     Peus Auctions 410–411, 31 Oct. 2013, lot 720
5 5     Tahberer 447
6 6     Tahberer 448
7 7     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 756.2
8 8     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 756.3
9 9     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 756.4
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     D. Lowe coll.