RPC IX, 1406

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1406
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 ϹΕ, Π Π
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Καί(σαρα) Γ(άϊον) Οὐἡβίον Τριβω(νιανὸν) Γάλλον Σε(βαστὸν) Π(ατέρα) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus 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 Perseus standing left, holding statue of Apollo Lykeios (holding wolves), Medusa-head, harpa and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.96 g
Reference Levante 1177
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 1392/1. 1–2: same rev. die as 1360/1–7, 10–18, 1407/1–2, 5, 7, 11.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     SNG Levante 1177
2 2     ✸ Naumann 44, 7 Aug. 2016, lot 779