RPC IX, 1403

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1403
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 α 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 nude Helios standing left, raising right arm and holding whip and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 16.17 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference SNG France 1787
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 1390/1–4, 1393/1, 1394/1–5, 1396/1–5, 8–10, 1399/1–8, 1400/1, 1402/1–16, 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

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1897,0104.399 BMC 314
2 2     ✸ L: 1961,0301.423 Cahn 60, 2 July 1928, lot 1709
3 3     P: 1539 SNG 1794
4 4     C: Mossop
5 5     NY: 1944.100.55068
6 6     CNG EA 328, 11 June 2014, lot 359
7 7     Tahberer 1688
8 8     CGT coll. = Pecunem 34, 9 Aug. 2015, lot 801
9 9     CGT coll. = eBay Savoca