RPC IX, 1391

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1391
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΕ Γ ΟΥΙΒΙ ΤΡΕΒΩ ΓΑΛΛΟΝ ΕΥ ΕΥ, Π Π
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Κα(ίσαρα) Γ(άϊον) Οὐιβί(ουν) Τρέβω(να) Γάλλον Εὐ(σεβῆ) Εὐ(τυχῆ) Π(ατέρα) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Pious Fortunate 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 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 Apollo standing left, quiver at shoulder, holding branch, bow, arrow and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.35 g
Axis 7
Reference SNG France 1784
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1338/1–7 (Pompeiopolis), 1339/1–7 (Pompeiopolis), 1340/1–2 (Pompeiopolis), 1395/1, 1397/1–3, 1398/1–5, 1401/1, 1402A/1, 1411/1–7.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1539/29, de Ricci SNG 1784