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
Nominative Imperator 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)
Reverse design agonistic crown containing two palms on table with curved legs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
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.