RPC IX, 127

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 127
Province Epirus
Region Epirus
City Nicopolis
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α ΒΙ ΑΦ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ΒΕ ΒΟΛΟΥϹ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Βί(βιος) Ἀφ(ίνιος) Γάλλος Βε(λδουμνιανὸς) Βολουσ(ιανός)
Translation Emperor Vibius Afinius Gallus Veldumnianus Volusianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑϹ ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
Edition Ἱερᾶς Νεικοπόλεως
Translation of sacred Nicopolis
Reverse design Aphrodite standing left, holding apple and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.28 g
Axis 1, 3, 10
Reference Oikonomidou p. 172, no. 27, Calomino 559
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Beirut: 127 Oikonomidou p. 172, no. 27
2 2     Ioannina: 60 Calomino 559/3
3 3     Preveza: 21 Calomino 559/4
4 4     Oikonomidou Z4, pl. 71