RPC IX, 1500

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1500
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 ΤΙΜΙΩ, Α Κ Μ, Γ Γ, ΟϹ ΚΟΙΝ ΕΛ (with Ζ retrograde)
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδ(όξου) μητρ(οπόλεως) τιμιω(τάτης) αʹ κ(αλλίστης) μ(εγίστης) γʹ γʹ οσʹ κοιν(οβούλιον) ἐλ(εύθερον)
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis, the most honourable, the first, the most beautiful, the greatest, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), 270, the free common council
Reverse design Tyche seated left, holding cornucopia, right arm over urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 18.53 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 789
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 1499/1–7, 1515/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 251 Wa 4162 = SNG 2129
2 2     B: 698/1900
3 3     SNG Levante Supp. 357
4 4     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 261
5 5     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 262
6 6     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 789.3
7 7     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 789.4
8 8     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 789.7
9 9     CGT coll.