RPC IX, 1421

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1421
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Adana
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡΙΒΩΝ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΔΑΝΕΩΝ
Reverse design nude athlete seated left, placing crown on his head, and Dionysus seated, facing, head left, placing also the crown on Athlete’s head, and holding thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Levante, Adana 239–44
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4, 6: same pair of dies. 2–3, 5, 8–10: same pair of dies. 1–11: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1970,0909.203
2 2     ✸ P: 43 SNG 1885
3 3     B: 106/1909
4 4     Bern: Righetti 1474
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 2028
6 6     SNG Levante 1235
7 7     R. E. Hecht, ‘Some Greek Imperial Coins in my coll.’, NC 1968, p. 33, no. 20
8 8     Tahberer 79
9 9     Tahberer 80
10 10     CGT coll. = Münzhandlung Ritter = F. Burbach coll. = Ziegler 847
11 11     Ziegler 848