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Diassarion - Germanicus as caesar ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΤΩ ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΩ, ΕΤΟΥϹ ΖΞ, Anazarbus
| Issuer | Anazarbus |
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| Year | 48-49 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Anazarbus was an ambitious city. Under Tiberius it had been granted the title "first city" of Cilicia — a rank it contested bitterly with Tarsus for generations — and the local civic era dating system reflected that pride in self-governance. The date ΕΤΟΥϹ ΖΞ places this issue in year 67 of the Anazarban civic era, anchored to the city's refoundation under Augustus.
Germanicus died in 19 AD, nearly three decades before this coin was struck. His posthumous presence here is civic flattery reaching backward in time — Anazarbus had fallen within his eastern command, and honoring his memory cost nothing while gesturing at imperial loyalty.