RPC IX, 1527

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1527
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Issue Undated
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 ΑΝΑΖ Α Μ Κ ΜΗΤΡ, Γ Γ (with Ζ retrograde)
Edition Ἀναζ(άρβου) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) μητρ(οπόλεως) γʹ γʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, metropolis, (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 6.47 g
Axis 1, 6, 8
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 775
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same obv. die as 1510/1–11, 1512/1–2, 1525/1–9, 1526/1–4.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 256 SNG 2133
2 2     Düsseldorf: Ls4252.32.56 Ziegler 1157
3 3     SNG Levante 1508
4 4     Ziegler 1156
5 5     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 775.5
6 6     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 775.6
7 7     CGT coll. = NSB Web Auction 7, 18 July 2021, lot 482