RPC IX, 1396

 

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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
Edition 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 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 Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 15.67 g
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.
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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)