RPC IX, 1525

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1525
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΑΟϹ = 271
Dating AD 252/3
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 ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΕΤ ΑΟϹ, Γ Γ, Α Μ Κ
Edition Ἀναζάρβο(υ) μητρο(πόλεως) ἔτ(ους) αοσʹ γʹ γʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, of year 271, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), the first, the greatest, the most beautiful
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 6.16 g
Axis 1, 7, 8, 11, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 793
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–9: same pair of dies. 1–9: same obv. die as 1510/1–11, 1512/1–2, 1526/1–4, 1527/1–7.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG Supp. 552
2 2     ✸ NY: 2000.8.24
3 3     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 264
4 4     Tahberer 458
5 5     Ziegler 1154
6 6     Ziegler 1155
7 7     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 793.1
8 8     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 793.4
9 9     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 793.5
10 10     D. Lowe coll.