RPC IX, 313

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 313
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Alliance with Byzantium
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΒΕΙΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ΑΥ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Gallus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ, ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design two conical wicker baskets with lighted altar between them
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 1, 6, 10, 12
Reference Franke & Nollé 1369–76
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 5, 8: same pair of dies. 2–3: same pair of dies. 1–3, 5, 7–8: same obv. die as 291/1, 293/3, 5, 295/3, 299A/1, 300/7, 306/1, 3. 4: same rev. die as 314/2–4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.1142 BMC Thrace 2 = Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1848/2, pl. 109
2 2     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1405 SNG vA 703 = Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1849/2
3 3     P: 490 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1849/1, pl. 109
4 4     B: I-B Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1847, pl. 109
5 5     V: GR 8539 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1848/3
6 6     Istanbul: 4669 Franke & Nollé 1371
7 7     Cologne Weiser 146
8 8     Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1848/1