RPC IX, 1396

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1396
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus pater patriae
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Reverse design Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference SNG France 1791–2
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 5, 8–10: same pair of dies. 1–5, 8–10: same obv. die as 1390/1–4, 1393/1, 1394/1–5, 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. 1–4, 7: same rev. die as 1397/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1894,0402.249 BMC 312
2 2     P: 1504 SNG 1791
3 3     P: 1539/34, de Ricci SNG 1792
4 4     B: 18311424, 1906 Löbbecke
5 5     Ayvagediği hoard 158
6 6     V-ON Leypold 2703
7 7     Lindgren I, 1646
8 8     MünzZentrum 73, 22 Apr. 1992, lot 248 = MünzZentrum 75, 14 Apr. 1993, lot 910
9 9     ✸ SNG vA 6074
10 10     CGT coll. = Zeus Budget Auction 13, 31 Oct. 2020, lot 449
11 11     D. Lowe coll.
12 12     Trade (VCoins, Breitsprecher, April 2023, SKU 51174)