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
Nominative Imperator 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
Reverse design saddled horse, trotting left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
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, 1509/1–2, 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

Number Number 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