RPC IX, 1517

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1517
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 ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ, Γ Γ, Α Κ Μ, ΕΤ ΑΟϹ
Reverse design agonistic crown containing two palms on table with curved legs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 801
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 1506/1–13, 1507/1–7, 1508/1–9, 1509/1–2, 1516/1–8, 1518/1–2, 1519/1–5, 1520/1–3, 1521/1–20, 1522/1–8, 1523/1–4, 1524/1–7.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 801.2, pl. 34, rev.
3 3     ✸ CGT coll. (ex Savoca 2 Blue London Auction, 4 May 2019, lot 834)