RPC IX, 1508

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1508
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΟϹ = 270
Dating AD 251/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΟΥΙ ΑΦ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ΟΥΟΛΟΥϹΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Οὐί(βιος) Ἀφ(ίνιος) Γάλλος Οὐολουσιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Afinius Gallus Volusianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΟϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλ(εως) γʹ γʹ ἔτ(ους) οσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), of year 270
Reverse design draped bust of Selene, right; behind her shoulders, crescent; around her, seven stars
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.65 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 782
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–9: same pair of dies. 1–9: same obv. die as 1506/1–13, 1507/1–7, 1509/1–2, 1516/1–8, 1517/1–2, 1518/1–2, 1519/1–5, 1520/1–3, 1521/1–20, 1522/1–8, 1523/1–4, 1524/1–7.
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1910,1003.3
2 2     Cop SNG 55
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.53087
4 4     SNG Levante Supp. 358
5 5     Tahberer 462
6 6     Vecchi 7, 6 Oct. 1997, lot 1593
7 7     Ziegler 1146 = MünzZentrum 102, 3 May 2000, lot 156
8 8     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 782.4
9 9     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 782.5
10 10     CGT coll.