RPC IX, 1502

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1502
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΟϹ = 270
Dating AD 251/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΟΥ ΑΦ ΟΥΟΛΟΥϹΙΑΝΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Οὐ(ίβιος) Αφ(ίνιος) Οὐολουσιανὸς Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Vibius Afinius Volusianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡ ΤΙΜ, Γ Γ, Α Κ Μ, ΕΤ ΟϹ (with Ζ retrograde)
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητρ(οπόλεως) τιμ(ιωτάτης) γʹ γʹ αʹ κ(αλλίστης) μ(εγίστης) ἔτ(ους) οσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, the most honourable, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), the first, the most beautiful, the greatest, of the year 270
Reverse design Sarapis seated left, extending arm over Cerberus, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.12 g
Axis 5, 11
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 788
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: 1891-1892, KZ, 385 Ziegler, Anazarbos, 788.1, pl. 34
2 2     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 788.2