RPC IX, 314

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 314
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 ΑΥΓ
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 5, 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 1363–7
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 315/2. 2–4: same rev. die as 313/4.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1840,1215.79 BMC Thrace 3 = Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1845, pl. 109
2 2     P: 488 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1846/2
3 3     NY: 1951.12.1 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1846/1, pl. 109
4 4     O
5 5     Private coll. = Franke & Nollé 1364
6 6     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 41, 24 June 2018, lot 143