RPC IX, 1404

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1404
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 Heracles standing left, holding club and lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.78 g
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, 1400/1, 1402/1–16, 1403/1–7, 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     ✸ Tahberer 1685