RPC IX, 1528

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1528
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Issue Undated
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΟΥΟΛΟϹϹΙΟΝΟϹ (sic) ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Οὐολο<υ>σ{σ}ιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Volusian Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ Μ[ ] [ΤΙ]ΜΙ, Α Μ Κ, Γ Γ (with Ζ retrograde)
Edition Ἀναζάρβου [---] [τι]μι(οτάτης) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ γʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, [metropolis], the most honourable, 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 22 mm
Average weight 7.08 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 774
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 328, 11 June 2014, lot 298
2 2     SNG Levante 1510
3 3     V-ON Leypold 2278 = Hirsch 173, 19 Feb. 1992, lot 1199
4 4     Private coll., Leiden
5 5     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 774
6 6     CGT coll. = Savoca 23rd Blue, 24 Aug. 2019, lot 806