RPC IX, 1503

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1503
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 ΑΥ Κ Γ ΟΥ ΑΦ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ΟΥΕ ΟΥΟΛΟΥϹΙΑΝΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Οὐ(ίβιος) Αφ(ίνιος) Γάλλος Οὐε(λδουμνιανὸς) Οὐολουσιανὸς Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Afinius Gallus Veldumnianus Volusianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, 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 14.60 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 787
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 254 SNG 2132
2 2     Künker 97, 7 Mar. 2005, lot 1808
3 3     SNG Levante Supp. 360
4 4     Ziegler 1142
5 5     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 787.3 = Missere 523
6 6     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 787.4
7 7     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 787.5, pl. 33