RPC IX, 1518

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1518
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 ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΕΤ ΑΟϹ, Γ Γ, Α Μ Κ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπό(λεως) ἔτ(ους) αοσʹ γʹ γʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, of year 271, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), the first, the greatest, the most beautiful
Reverse design agonistic crown containing two palms on table with curved legs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.84 g
Axis 7
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 802
Specimens 2 (0 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, 1517/1–2, 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     ✸ Tahberer 133
2 2     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 802.1, pl. 34, rev.