RPC IX, 1520

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1520
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Οὐίβιος Ἀφίνιος Γάλλος Οὐολουσιανός 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 ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩ, Α Κ Μ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΑΟϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως αʹ καλλίστης μεγίστης γʹ γʹ ἔτους αοσʹ Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεω(ς) αʹ κ(αλλίστης) μ(εγίστης) γʹ γʹ ἔτ(ους) αοσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, the first, the most beautiful, the greatest, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), of year 271
Reverse design saddled horse, trotting left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.24 g
Axis 2, 9
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 796
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 1506/1–13, 1507/1–7, 1508/1–9, 1509/1–3, 1516/1–8, 1517/1–2, 1518/1–2, 1519/1–5, 1521/1–20, 1522/1–8, 1523/1–4, 1524/1–7.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.53088
2 2     SNG Levante 1512 = MünzZentrum 53, 13 Nov. 1984, lot 1822
3 3     CGT coll. = Zeus Budget Auction 13, 31 Oct. 2020, lot 540
4 4     CGT coll. = Savoca 125th Blue, 29 Jan. 2021, lot 587