RPC IX, 1521

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1521
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, Α Μ Κ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΑΟϹ (with Ζ retrograde)
Reverse design horse, trotting right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 797
Specimens 22 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–20: same pair of dies. 1–20: 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, 1520/1–3, 1522/1–8, 1523/1–4, 1524/1–7.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 259 SNG 2138
2 2     P: 280 Wa 4174 = SNG 2139
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     B: Knobelsdorf
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     NY: 1998.18.110
7 7     NY: 2000.8.20 possibly Ziegler, Anazarbos, 797.13, as ex Marcinkowski coll.
8 8     Anamur: 3.96.2003 SNG 113
9 9     Istanbul: 8600
10 10     V-ON Leypold 2280
11 11     Lindgren III, A789a
12 12     Tahberer 467
13 13     Tahberer 468
14 14     SNG vA 5506
15 15     Ziegler 1147
16 16     Ziegler 1148
17 17     Ziegler 1149
18 18     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 797.12
19 19     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 797.14
20 20     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 797.6
21 21     CGT coll.
22 22     CGT coll.