RPC IX, 1523

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1523
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 ΜΗΤ[ ], Γ Γ, Α Κ Μ, ΕΤ ΑΟϹ (with Ζ retrograde)
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητ[---] γʹ γʹ αʹ κ(αλλίστης) μ(εγίστης) ἔτ(ους) αοσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), the first, the most beautiful, the greatest, of year 271
Reverse design Nike driving biga of horses, right, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.93 g
Axis 3, 5, 7
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 794
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: 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, 1521/1–20, 1522/1–8, 1524/1–7.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O
2 2     Istanbul: 8599
3 3     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 794.1, pl. 34, rev.
4 4     Trade, July 2020