RPC IX, 1332

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1332
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Seleucia ad Calycadnum
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΓΑ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΤΡΕΒΩ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γά(ϊος) Ἰούλι(ος) Τρεβω(νιανὸς) Γάλλος
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Julius Trebonianus Gallus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ (ΤΩ) ΚΑΛΥΚΑΔ(ΝΩ)
Edition Σελευκέων τῶν πρὸς τῷ Καλυκάδνῳ
Translation of the Seleucians by the Calycadnus
Reverse design draped busts of Tyche (on right) and of laureate Apollo (on left), facing each other; behind Tyche, cornucopia; between them, branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 19.24 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference BMC 51–3
Specimens 49 (16 in the core collections)
Die-links 12, 46: same pair of dies. 35, 45, 48–50: same pair of dies. 1–32, 34–43, 45–50: same obv. die as 1331/1–12, 1333/1–6, 8–9, 11–19.
Note Not a complete listing. C. Clay (forum ancient coins, 2016, topic 109181.0) pointed out that (1) all the coins of Gallus of Seleucia are from the same obverse die, (2) the die reads ΓΑ ΙΟΥΛΙ (and not ΓΑΙ ΟΥAΙ as stated in RPC IX) and therefore, that Gallus is wrongly given the nomen Julius (instead of Vibius), the same way Volusian is given the name Sabinus (see RPC IX, p. 274). These errors in the imperial names might suggest an issue early in Gallus’s reign.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1839,0919.435 BMC 51
2 2     L: 1894,0402.227 BMC 52
3 3     L: 1979,0503.46 SNG vA 5848
4 4     L: G.4199 BMC 53
5 5     P: 1002.20, Baldwin 1925 SNG 1052
6 6     P: 982 SNG 1046
7 7     P: 984 SNG 1049
8 8     P: 985 SNG 1050
9 9     P: Gaudin SNG 1053
10 10     B: 211/1897
11 11     B: Löbb.
12 12     Cop SNG 221
13 13     Mu
14 14     ✸ NY: 1944.100.54221
15 15     NY: 1955.59.25
16 16     V: GR 29271
17 17     Anamur: 1.1067.91 SNG 300
18 18     Anamur: 5.182.2004 SNG 301
19 19     Boston: 63.2623
20 20     ArtCoins Roma 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 397
21 21     ArtCoins Roma 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 398
22 22     ArtCoins Roma 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 400
23 23     CNG EA 127, 23 Nov. 2005, lot 195 = CNA MBS 20, 25 Mar. 1992, lot 445
24 24     CNG EA 127, 23 Nov. 2005, lot 196
25 25     CNG EA 172, 5 Sept. 2007, lot 96
26 26     CNG EA 217, 26 Aug. 2009, lot 291
27 27     CNG EA 253, 6 Apr. 2011, lot 236 = CNG EA 229, 10 Mar. 2010, lot 305
28 28     CNG EA 284, 8 Aug. 2012, lot 166
29 29     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1129
30 30     CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1751
31 31     Freeman & Sear MBS 14, 21 June 2007, lot 315 = Freeman & Sear MBS 13, 25 Aug. 2006, lot 765
32 32     Giessener Münzhandlung 64, 11 Oct. 1993, lot 737
34 34     Künker 136, 10 Mar. 2008, lot 1175
35 35     SNG Levante 783
36 36     SNG Levante Supp. 213
37 37     Lindgren III, 902
38 38     MünzZentrum 71, 3 June 1991, lot 453
39 39     Peus 353, 29 Oct. 1997, lot 603 = Peus 357, 28 Oct. 1998, lot 661
40 40     Roma Numismatics IV, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2521
41 41     Roma Numismatics IV, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2522 = ArtCoins Roma 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 399
42 42     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1079
43 43     Tahberer 1226
45 45     SNG vA 5849
46 46     Ziegler 511
47 47     Ziegler 512
48 48     Ziegler 513
49 49     Ziegler 514
50 50     Ziegler 515
51 51     C. Rhodes coll.