RPC IX, 1505

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1505
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΟϹ = 270
Dating AD 251/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Γ ΟΥ ΤΡΕΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Οὐ(ίβιος) Τρεβ(ωνιανὸς) Gάλλος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΕΤ ΟϹ, Γ Γ, Α Μ Κ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπ(όλεως) ἔτ(ους) οσ' γ' γ' α' μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, of year 270, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), the first, the greatest, the most beautiful
Reverse design Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.47 g
Axis 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 781
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 1504/1–9.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bern: Righetti 1512
2 2     ✸ SNG Levante 1505
3 3     Lindgren III, 789
4 4     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 781.4
5 5     D. Lowe coll.
6 6     H.I. coll.