RPC IX, 1215

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1215
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Syedra
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΑΙ ΓΑΙ ΟΥ ΤΡΕ ΓΑΛΛΟΝ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκρά(τορα) Καί(σαρα) Γάϊ(ον) Οὐ(ίβιον) Τρε(βονιανὸν) Γάλλον Σεβ(αστόν)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΥΕΔΡΕΩΝ
Edition Συεδρέων
Translation of the Syedrans
Reverse design Hades riding in galloping quadriga of horses, right, carrying Persephone into cave; before, Eros; beneath horses, torch and overturned kalathos (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 11.62 g
Axis 5, 6, 11
Reference Levante 429
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 1203/1–3 (Laerte), 1213/1–2, 1214/1–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2004/118 SNG Levante 429
2 2     O
3 3     V: GR 19173
4 4     Bern: Righetti 1646
5 5     Elsen 114, 15 Sept. 2012, lot 432
6 6     Falghera 2454
7 7     V-ON Leypold 2648
8 8     Ziegler 134