RPC IX, 1516

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1516
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΑΟϹ = 271
Dating AD 252/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΟΥΙ ΑΦ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ΟΥΟΛΟΥϹΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition 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 ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡ, Γ Γ, Α Κ Μ, ΕΤ ΑΟϹ (with Ζ retrograde)
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξ(ου) μητρ(οπόλεως) γʹ γʹ αʹ κ(αλλίστης) μ(εγίστης) ἔτ(ους) αοσʹ
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), the first, the most beautiful, the greatest, of year 271
Reverse design agonistic crown containing two palms on table with curved legs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.88 g
Axis 6, 7, 9, 11, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 800
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same obv. die as 1506/1–13, 1507/1–7, 1508/1–9, 1509/1–2, 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     ✸ C
2 2     Anamur: 6.59.2004 SNG 114
3 3     Hannover: 1963.29.23
4 4     Lanz 52, 14 May 1990, lot 647
5 5     Ziegler 1151
6 6     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 800.3, pl. 34, rev.
7 7     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 800.5
8 8     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 800.6
9 9     D. Lowe coll.