RPC IX, 1506

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1506
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 Γ ΟΥΙ ΑΦ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ΟΥΟΛΟΥϹΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Οὐίβιος Ἀφίνιος Γάλλος Οὐολουσιανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Οὐί(βιος) Ἀφ(ίνιος) Γάλλος Οὐολουσιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Afinius Gallus Volusianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡ ΤΙ, Γ Γ, Α Μ Κ, ΟϹ (with Ζ retrograde)
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως τιμιωτάτης γʹ γʹ αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης οσʹ Ἀναζάρβου μητρ(οπόλεως) τι(μιωτάτης) γʹ γʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) οσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, the most honourable, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, 270
Reverse design agonistic crown containing two palms on table with curved legs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.12 g
Axis 5, 6, 7, 9, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 785
Specimens 15 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–10, 12–13: same pair of dies. 1–13: same obv. die as 1507/1–7, 1508/1–9, 1509/1–3, 1516/1–8, 1517/1–2, 1518/1–2, 1519/1–5, 1520/1–3, 1521/1–20, 1522/1–8, 1523/1–4, 1524/1–7.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1926,1001.1
2 2     B: 695/1914 Egger 46, 11 May 1914 (Prowe III), lot 2155
3 3     Ankara: 18-28/15-95
4 4     CNG EA 321, 26 Feb. 2014, lot 333
5 5     Gorny 90, 12 Oct. 1998, lot 652
6 6     Müller 62, 19 May 1989, lot 1629
7 7     Schulten, 19 Apr. 1989, lot 662
8 8     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 259
9 9     Tahberer 464
10 10     Tahberer 465
11 11     Tahberer 466
12 12     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 785.3
13 13     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 785.5
14 14     J. Gebauer coll = CNG EA 581, 19 Feb. 2025, lot 1136
15 15     CGT coll., ex Saint Paul 10, 2 Sep. 2017, lot 292