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 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 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

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