RPC IX, 131

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 131
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 Heracles standing left, holding club and lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.68 g
Axis 6
Reference Oikonomidou 1 (Gordian III), Calomino 558
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Arta Oikonomidou 1 (as Gordian III), pl. 48