RPC IX, 1497

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1497
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Issue Year ΘΞϹ = 269
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙ ΟΥ ΟϹ ΜΕϹ ΚΥΙΝΤΟϹ ΚΑΙ
Edition Γάϊ(ος) Οὐ(άλης) Ὁσ(τιλιανὸς) Μέσ(σιος) Κύϊντος Καῖ(σαρ)
Translation Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔ ΜΗ(Τ), ΘΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδ(όξου) μητ(ρόπολεως) θξσʹ
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis, 269
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 7.09 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 754–5
Specimens 25 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4, 6–8, 11–12, 14–18: same pair of dies. 9–10, 13: same pair of dies. 1–4, 6–18: same obv. die as 1480/1–7.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 249 SNG 2127
2 2     NY: 2000.8.10
3 3     A: P 584
4 4     SNG Levante 1503
5 5     V-ON Leypold 2276
6 6     M&M Basel 41, 18 June 1970, lot 550 = Waddell, list 21, 1985, lot 366 = Waddell, list 26, 1987, lot 216 = Waddell, list 32, 1988, lot 140
7 7     M&M GmbH 19, 16 May 2006, lot 57 = Righetti
8 8     MünzZentrum 162, 9 May 2012, lot 164
9 9     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 244
10 10     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 245
11 11     Tahberer 450
12 12     Tahberer 451
13 13     Ziegler 1134 = Kress 188, 16 Oct. 1984, lot 912
14 14     Ziegler 1135
15 15     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 754.6
16 16     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 754.7
17 17     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 754.8
18 18     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 754.9
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     CGT coll. = Demos 6, 5 Dec. 2021, lot612
21 21     Numismatik Naumann 56, 6 Aug. 2017, lot 426
22 22     CNG 129, 21 Dec. 2005, lot 211
23 23     Numismatik Naumann 63, 4 March 2018, lot 163 ex Dr. P. Vogl Coll. ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (sold 28 February 1992)
24 24     Numismatik Naumann 96, 1 Nov. 2020, lot 465
25 25     Emporium Hamburg 95, 8 Nov. 2021, lot 629 ex Emporium Hamburg 93, 4 May 2021, lot 487