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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/60252 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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 | 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 | Ἀναζαρβοῦ 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. |