RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 60252)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 60252)
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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Οὐαλεριανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Οὐαλεριανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Valerian
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ, Γ Γ, Α Μ Κ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως γʹ γʹ αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης Ἀναζάρβου μητροπό(λεως) γʹ γʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, (of the) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), the first, the greatest, the most beautiful
Reverse design draped bust of Selene, right, on crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.54 g
Axis 3, 6, 7, 9, 12
Reference Ziegler 816
Specimens 22 (7 in the core collections)
Note Although the reverse die does not bear a date, the obverse die links indicate that the type belongs with the coins of year 272.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: 1912,0101.21 Ziegler 816, 2
— —     P: 273 Ziegler 816, 10 = SNG 2149
— —     P: 280,6 Ziegler 816, 9 = SNG 2150
— —     B Ziegler 816, 8
— —     Cop SNG 61 = Ziegler 816, 6
— —     NY: 2000.8.19
— —     NY: 1944.100.53092 Ziegler 816, 4
— —     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz vi.287
— —     CGT coll.
— —     CGT coll.
— —     Cox 81 = Ziegler 816, 3
— —     Falghera 2547
— —     H. Williams Coll.
— —     Lindgren I, 1451 = Ziegler 816, 5
— —     Ziegler 1206-1207 = Ziegler 816, 13-14
— —     Ziegler 816, 1
— —     Ziegler 816, 11-12
— —     Ziegler 816, 15-17
— —     Ziegler 816, 7 = 'Slg Harvard' (but not in Harvard Art Museum)