RPC IX, 1515

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1515
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΑΟϹ = 271
Dating AD 252/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΟΥ ΤΡΕΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Οὐ(ίβιος) Τρεβ(ωνιανὸς) Γάλλος Σεβαστ(ός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [ΑΝΑΖ]ΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ, ΑΟϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Γ
Edition [Ἀναζ]άρβου ἐνδόξ(ου) μητροπό(λεως) αοσ' α' μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γ' γ'
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis, 271, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate)
Reverse design fisherman, wearing pointed cap and baggy trousers, seated left, head right, holding long fishing rod
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1499/1–7, 1500/1–8.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Levante documentation = The Celator, vol 16, n. 12 (Dec. 2002) (Courtesy of Mr. W. Sayles)