RPC IX, 1526

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1526
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 ΟΥΟΛΟϹϹΙΑΝΟϹ (sic) ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Οὐολουσιανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Οὐολο<υ>σ{σ}ιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Volusian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Volusian, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒ ΜΗΤΡ ΕΤ ΑΟϹ, Α Μ Κ, Γ Γ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως ἔτους αοσʹ αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ γʹ Ἀναζάρβ(ου) μητρ(οπόλεως) ἔτ(ους) αοσʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ γʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, of year 271, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate),
Reverse design nude Apollo standing left, legs crossed, holding branch, resting on lyre on column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.80 g
Axis 1, 3, 4, 11
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 792
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die as 1510/1–11, 1512/1–2, 1525/1–9, 1527/1–7.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Istanbul: 8598
2 2     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 265
3 3     ✸ Ziegler 1152
4 4     Ziegler 1153