RPC I, 5490

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5490
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Cibyra
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Aulus Didius Gallus
Obverse inscription ΔΙΔΙΟΝ ΓΑΛΛΟΝ
Obverse design bare head of Didius Gallus, right
Reverse inscription ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤωΝ
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note The portrait might perhaps be of A. Didius Gallus who was governor of Britain in AD 52-57.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2017/16
2 2     ✸ Naumann 67, 1 July 2018, lot 373
3 3     Demos 5, 30 Oct. 2021, lot 363