RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 60266)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 60266)
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 ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΕΤ ΒΟϹ, Α Μ Κ , Γ Γ, ΓΥΜΝΑϹΙΑΡΧΙΑ
Edition Ἀναζαρβ(οῦ) μητροπό(λεως) ἔτ(ους) βοσʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ γʹ γυμνασιαρχία
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, of year 272, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), the gymnasiarch
Reverse design Valerian as gymnasiarch standing left, holding open hand over large basin; between, uncertain object (jug with animal form?); to left, palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.02 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference Ziegler 830
Specimens 19 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1874,0704.8 BMC 44 = Ziegler 830, 2
    P: 264 Wa 4171 = Ziegler 830, 9 = SNG 2160
    P: 263 Ziegler 830, 8 = SNG 2159
    B Ziegler 830, 5
    B Ziegler 830, 6
    NY: 1970.142.698 Ziegler 830, 3
    N: 8496 Ziegler 830, 14
    Washington Ziegler 830, 4
    Winterthur: 6492 Ziegler 830, 11
    CGT coll. = HD Rauch 89, 6 Dec. 2011, lot 1935
    ✸ CNG 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 631, ex SNG Levante1515 = Ziegler 830,
    Falghera 2536
    Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 47
    Numismatik Naumann 56, 6 Aug. 2017, lot 427
    Ziegler 1176-1177 = Ziegler 830, 12-13
    Ziegler 830, 10
    Ziegler 830, 15
    Ziegler 830, 7