RPC IX, 1499

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1499
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΟϹ = 270
Dating AD 251/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΟΥ ΤΡΕΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Οὐ(ίβιος) Τρεβ(ωνιανὸς) Γάλλος Σεβαστ(ός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔ ΜΗΤΡ ΕΤ ΟϹ, Γ Γ, Α Κ Μ, ΚΟΙΝ ΕΛ (with Ζ retrograde)
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδ(όξου) μητρ(οπόλεως) ἔτ(ους) οσʹ γʹ γʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) κοιν(οβούλιον) ἐλ(εύθερον)
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis, of year 270, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, the free common council
Reverse design Tyche seated left, holding cornucopia, right arm over urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 19.65 g
Axis 2, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 790
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 1500/1–8, 1515/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1981.40.31
2 2     Ankara: 18-28/5-95
3 3     Hirsch 166, 16 May 1990, lot 1336
4 4     SNG Levante 1504
5 5     V-ON Leypold 2277
6 6     Tahberer 455
7 7     Ziegler 1141