RPC IX, 1399

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1399
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, ΚΟΙΝΟΒΟΥΛΙΟΝ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΥ, Α Μ Κ, Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως κοινβούλιον ἐλευθέρου αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, the metropolis, koinboulion of the free, first, greatest, most beautiful, city of the 3 eparchies, twice neocorate
Reverse design Athena seated left, throwing pebble in vase
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 17.38 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Levante Supp. 294
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 1390/1–4, 1393/1, 1394/1–5, 1396/1–5, 8–10, 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

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1975,0411.350
2 2     B: 18311426, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
3 3     V: GR 27616
4 4     A-BoG: NP 3143
5 5     SNG Levante Supp. 294
6 6     V-ON Leypold 2704
7 7     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1457
8 8     Tahberer 1679