RPC IX, 1512

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1512
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 ϹΕ
Edition 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 ΑΝΑΖ Α Κ Μ ΜΗΤΡ, ΤΙΜ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΟϹ (with Ζ retrograde)
Edition Ἀναζ(άρβου) αʹ κ(αλλίστης) μ(εγίστης) μητρ(οπόλεος) τιμ(ιωτάτης) γʹ γʹ ἔτ(ους) οσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, the first, the most beautiful, the greatest, metropolis, the most honourable, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), of year 270
Reverse design Capricorn, right, on globe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.93 g
Axis 1, 5
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 777
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 1510/1–11, 1525/1–9, 1526/1–4, 1527/1–7. 1–2: same rev. die as 1504/1–9, 1511/1–19, 1513/1–9.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Brussels: II 60.714
2 2     ✸ A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 255