RPC IX, 1402

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1402
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 Gallus(?) facing, head right, holding spear, extending right hand to Ares standing left, helmeted, holding Nike and and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 15.77 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Ziegler 816
Specimens 16 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–16: same pair of dies. 1–16: same obv. die as 1390/1–4, 1393/1, 1394/1–5, 1396/1–5, 8–10, 1399/1–8, 1400/1, 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: 1961,0301.422
2 2     B: 18311425, 1928 Bernhard-Imhoof
3 3     Cop SNG 405
4 4     NY: 1944.100.55066
5 5     ✸ O
6 6     V: GR 19282
7 7     Yale: 2001.87.11439
8 8     ArtCoins Roma 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 401
9 9     Cahn 60, 2 July 1928, lot 1707 = Cahn 68, 26 Nov. 1930, lot 1941
10 10     CNG 22, 2 Sept. 1992, lot 658
11 11     CNG EA 112, 13 Apr. 2005, lot 146 = Coin Galleries, 29 Apr. 1976, lot 1215
12 12     Gorny & Mosch 156, 5 Mar. 2007, lot 1822
13 13     Lindgren III, 927
14 14     SNG vA 6073
15 15     Ziegler 816
16 16     Numismad 11, 25–26 Nov. 2023, lot 511