RPC IX, 1508

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1508
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Afinius Gallus Volusianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΟϹ
Reverse design draped bust of Selene, right; behind her shoulders, crescent; around her, seven stars
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 782
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–9: same pair of dies. 1–9: same obv. die as 1506/1–13, 1507/1–7, 1509/1–2, 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.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1910,1003.3
2 2     Cop SNG 55
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.53087
4 4     SNG Levante Supp. 358
5 5     Tahberer 462
6 6     Vecchi 7, 6 Oct. 1997, lot 1593
7 7     Ziegler 1146 = MünzZentrum 102, 3 May 2000, lot 156
8 8     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 782.4
9 9     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 782.5
10 10     CGT coll.