RPC IX, 1519

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1519
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 ΜΗΤΡΟ, Γ Γ, Α Μ Κ, ΕΤ ΑΟϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητρο(πόλεως) γʹ γʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) ἔτ(ους) αοσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, of year 271
Reverse design crescent with seven stars
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.58 g
Axis 3, 6, 9
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 799
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 1506/1–13, 1507/1–7, 1508/1–9, 1509/1–2, 1516/1–8, 1517/1–2, 1518/1–2, 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     Washington
2 2     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 266
3 3     Tahberer 470
4 4     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 799.2, pl. 34, rev.
5 5     ✸ CGT coll. = Saint Paul 8, 9 July 2017, lot 350
6 6     CGT coll.