RPC IX, 1390

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1390
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Γ ΟΥΙΒΙΟΝ ΤΡΙΒΩ ΓΑΛΛΟΝ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα Γάϊον Οὐίβιον Τριβωνιανὸν Γάλλον Πατέρα Πατρίδος Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Καί(σαρα) Γ(άϊον) Οὐίβιον Τριβω(νιανὸν) Γάλλον Π(ατέρα) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design nude Apollo standing right, legs crossed, right hand on head, resting on tripod (entwined by serpent)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 16.63 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 311
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 1393/1, 1394/1–5, 1396/1–5, 8–10, 1399/1–8, 1400/1, 1402/1–16, 1403/1–7, 1404/1, 1405/1, 1407/1–13, 1408/1–6, 1409/1–3, 1410/1–12.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1869,0701.8 BMC 311
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.55065
3 3     CNG EA 284, 8 Aug. 2012, lot 170
4 4     MünzZentrum Rheinland 167, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 229
5 5     D. Lowe coll.