RPC IX, 1336

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1336
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Seleucia ad Calycadnum
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΓΑ ΟΥΙΒ ϹΑΒΙΝ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γά(ϊος) Οὐίβ(ιος) Σαβῖν(ος) Γάλλος
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Sabinus (sic) Gallus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩ(Ν) ΠΡΟϹ ΚΑ(ΛΥ)(ΔΝ)(Ω)
Edition Σελευκέων τῶν πρός Καλυ(κά)δνῳ
Translation of the Seleucians by the Calycadnus
Reverse design Athena advancing right, brandishing spear, holding shield, attacking serpent-footed giant hurling stone with right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 11.91 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference BMC 54
Specimens 16 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 6–8, 15–16: same pair of dies. 2, 5, 10–13: same pair of dies. 3, 17: same pair of dies. 4, 9: same pair of dies. 1–13, 15–17: same obv. die as 1334/1–8, 1337/1–8.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1897,0104.387 BMC 54, pl. XXIV.4, rev.
2 2     P: 991 Wa 4480 = SNG 1055
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     C: Mossop
5 5     Mu
6 6     O
7 7     Anamur: 1.341.91 SNG 298
8 8     Anamur: 6.60.2004 SNG 299
9 9     Boston: 63.2622
10 10     CNG EA 123, 28 Sept. 2005, lot 45 = SNG Levante 780
11 11     CNG EA 127, 23 Nov. 2005, lot 193
12 12     CNG EA 134, 1 Mar. 2006, lot 252 = CNG EA 127, 23 Nov. 2005, lot 192
13 13     Hirsch 155, 23 Sept. 1987, lot 886
15 15     Peus 366, 25 Oct. 2000, lot 994
16 16     Roma Numismatics 10, 27 Sept. 2015, lot 636
17 17     SNG vA 5851