RPC IX, 1510

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1510
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 ΟΥΟΛΟϹϹΙΑΝΟϹ (sic) ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Οὐολουσιανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Οὐολο<υ>σ{σ}ιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Volusian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Volusian, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡ ΕΤ ΟϹ, Α Μ Κ, Γ Γ (with Ζ retrograde)
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως ἔτους οσʹ αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ γʹ Ἀναζάρβου μητρ(οπόλεως) ἔτ(ους) οσʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ γʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, of year 270, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate)
Reverse design nude Apollo standing left, legs crossed, holding branch, resting on lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.08 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 776
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–11: same pair of dies. 1–11: same obv. die as 1512/1–2, 1525/1–9, 1526/1–4, 1527/1–7.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1873,0505.4 BMC 37, pl. VI.13, rev.
2 2     P: 255 Wa 4164 = SNG 2134
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     ✸ NY: 2000.8.21 Lindgren I, A1445A
5 5     Anamur: 9.78.2004 SNG 115
6 6     Ankara: 39-8/4-91
7 7     CNG 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 629
8 8     SNG Levante 1509
9 9     Tahberer 457
10 10     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 776.6
11 11     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 776.7