RPC IX, 1400

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1400
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 Athena standing left, holding Nike and spear; at feet, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1390/1–4, 1393/1, 1394/1–5, 1396/1–5, 8–10, 1399/1–8, 1402/1–16, 1403/1–7, 1404/1, 1405/1, 1407/1–13, 1408/1–6, 1409/1–3, 1410/1–12.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Hirsch 215, 2 May 2001, lot 700