RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 60265)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 60265)
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 Π ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Π(όπλιος) Λικ(ίνιος) Οὐαλεριανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟ , Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΒΟϹ, Α Μ Κ
Edition Ἀναζαρβοῦ μητρο(πόλεως) γʹ γʹ ἔτ(ους) βοςʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, (of the) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), of year 272, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful
Reverse design Dionysus seated left, head right, on panther reclining to right, holding thyrsus in left and raising right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.26 g
Axis 6, 7, 10
Reference Ziegler 829
Specimens 18 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: 280, 3 Ziegler 829, 5 = SNG 2158
    B Ziegler 829, 4
    NY: 2000.8.5
    ✸ A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz vi.295 = Ziegler 829, 12
    Anamur SNG Turkey 2.119
    Leeds-UL: 1547
    CGT coll.
    Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 186
    Ziegler 1181 = Ziegler 829, 7
    Ziegler 829, 1-3
    Ziegler 829, 13
    Ziegler 829, 6
    Ziegler 829, 8-11