RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 60246)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 60246)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΒΟϹ = 272
Dating AD 253/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Οὐαλεριανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Valerian Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡ ΕΤ ΒΟϹ, Γ Γ, Α Μ Κ
Edition Ἀναζαρβοῦ μητρ(οπόλεως) ἔτ(ους) βοσʹ γʹ γʹ αʹ μ(εγπίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, of year 272, (of the) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), the first, the greatest, the most beautiful
Reverse design prize crown with palm branch on table with curved legs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.33 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Ziegler 810
Specimens 11 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    B Ziegler 810, 2
    Anamur SNG Turkey 2.116
    CGT coll. = Dara Antiques EA 3, 6 Nov. 2021, lot 308
    CNG 321, 26 Feb. 2014, lot 336
    ✸ Franke
    Lindgren I, 1449 = Ziegler 810, 1
    Wildwinds
    Ziegler 1201 = Ziegler 810, 5
    Ziegler 810, 3-4
    Ziegler 810, 6-8