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Provincial: Anazarbus in Cilicia
SNG Copenhagen 56,
Lindgren & Kovacs 1446
Æ28
AVT K ΠˇΛIKˇOVAΛEPIANOC CEAN_AZ_[...]
Laureate draped cuirassed bust rightDionysus, holding thyrsos right and right arm over head, head right, seated left on leopard or panther lying right, head left. Γ in upper left field, Γ in right field, kantharos in lower left field. TˇBˇOC / ˇAˇMˇKˇ in exergue.
SNG von Aulock 5507
Æ28
[AVT K ΠˇΛIKˇOVAΛEPIANOC CE][AVT K OVAΛEPIANOC ANAZAP BOC AVT ΓAΛΛI_HNOC]
(thanks to Helvetica)
Laureate draped cuirassed bust rightValerian and Gallienus seated on curule chairs. AM in left field, K in right field.
SNG von Aulock 5508
Æ30
AVT K Π ΛI OVAΛEPIANOC CEM[HTPOΠ ANAZAP]BOV / Γ Γ / ET BOC / [A] M K
Radiate draped cuirassed bust rightSix prize crowns in two rows.
SNG Copenhagen 57
Æ28
[AVT K Π ΛI] OVAΛEPIANOC CEA M K / Γ ET BOC Γ / ANAZAP / BOV
Radiate draped cuirassed bust rightSix prize crowns in two rows.
SNG Copenhagen 58
Æ25
(2 examples)
AVT K [..] VAΛEPIANOC CEANAZAPB[...]OΔ
Radiate draped cuirassed bust rightPrize crown with palm, on table. Γ A in left field, Γ T in right field, H K between table legs, ET B OC in exergue.
SNG Copenhagen 59,
Lindgren & Kovacs 1448
Æ23
AVT K OVAΛEPIANOC CEANAZAPB[OV ENΔOΞ MH] ET BOC
Radiate draped cuirassed bust rightCity goddess standing left, holding prize crown in both hands, T / Γ / Γ in left field, A / K / M in right.
Ziegler 807
(thanks to Curtis Clay)

Æ23
AVT K OVAΛEPIANOC CEANAZAPBOV [MH] ET BOC
Radiate draped cuirassed bust rightCity goddess standing right, holding prize crown in both hands, A / K / M in left field, Γ / Γ in right.
SNG Copenhagen 60
Æ23
[AVT K O]VAΛEPIANOC CEANAZAPBOV MHTP
Radiate draped cuirassed bust rightCapricorn right, above globe which has a Γ to either side. A M K in left field, ET BOC in exergue.
SNG Copenhagen 61,
Lindgren & Kovacs 1451
Æ23
[AVT K O]VAΛEPIANOCANAZAPBOV MHTPOΠO
Radiate draped cuirassed bust rightBust of Artemis (or Selene?) right, crescent behind shoulders. Γ/Γ in left field, A/M/K in right field.
SNG Copenhagen 61var,
Lindgren & Kovacs 1451var
Æ23
AVT K OVAΛEPIANOC CEANAZAP[...]
Laureate head rightBust of Artemis (or Selene?) right, crescent behind shoulders. Γ/Γ in left field, A/M/K in right field.
Ziegler 814
Æ23
AVT K OV[...]ANAZAPB_O_V ET BOC
Radiate draped cuirassed bust rightHermes standing left, holding purse in right hand and caduceus in left. Γ/Γ in left field, A/M/K in right field.
Ziegler 822
Æ23
AVT K ΓA[ΛΛ]IHNOC CEBAAN[AZAPB]_O_V ET BOC
Radiate draped cuirassed bust rightHermes standing left, holding purse in right hand and caduceus in left. Γ/Γ in left field, A/M/K in right field.


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Imperial attributions are based on Göbl Moneta Imperii Romani 36, 43, 44 Die Münzprägung der Kaiser Valerianus I, / Gallienus / Saloninus, Regalianus und Macrianus / Quietus.
Alexandrian attributions are based on Emmett Alexandrian Coins and Milne Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins.
Other provincial attributions from:
SNG Copenhagen,
SNG von Aulock,
SNG France 2 Cilicie,
SNG France 3 Pamphylie / Pisidie / Lycaonie / Galatie,
SNG France 5 Mysie,
Catalog of Greek Coins in the British Museum Collection,
David R. Sear Greek Imperial Coins and their Values,
Lindgren & Kovacs Ancient Bronze Coins of Asia Minor and the Levant from the Lindgren Collection,
Lindgren Ancient Greek Bronze Coins: European Mints from the Lindgren Collection,
Lindgren Lindgren III Ancient Greek Bronze Coins from the Lindgren Collection,
Ivan Varbanov Greek Imperial Coins (2002, in Bulgarian),
Ivan Varbanov Greek Imperial Coins (2005, in English),
W.H. Waddington, E. Babelon, Th. Reinach Recueil Général des Monnaies Grecques d'Asia Mineure,
Alfred R. Bellinger Troy the Coins,
David MacDonald The Coinage of Aphrodisias,
David MacDonald An Introduction to the History and Coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus,
David Yonge The So-Called Interregnum Coinage, 1979 Numismatic Chronicle,
the Moushmov translation at Wildwinds,
Ed Snible's Digital Historia Numorum,
or cribbed from the seller's info.

Information on the legions is from Graham Webster The Roman Imperial Army of the First and Second Centuries A.D.