RPC IX, 1480

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1480
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Issue Year ΗΞϹ = 268
Dating AD 250
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 ΜΗΤΡΟ, ΗΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητρο(πόλεως) ηξσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, 268
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.29 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 742
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 1497/1–4, 6–18.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C: 453-1948 SNG 5230
2 2     CGT coll. = Auctiones EA 26, 18 May 2014, lot 29
3 3     Lindgren III, 790
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     Leeds-UL: 945
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     R. Effler coll.