RPC IX, 1407

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1407
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 Perseus standing left, holding statue of Apollo Lykeios (holding wolves), Medusa-head, harpa and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 20.76 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference SNG France 1789–90
Specimens 13 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 5, 7, 11: same pair of dies. 3, 8, 10, 12: same pair of dies. 1–13: 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, 1404/1, 1405/1, 1408/1–6, 1409/1–3, 1410/1–12. 1–2, 5, 7, 11: same rev. die as 1360/1–7, 10–18, 1406/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1502 SNG 1790
2 2     P: 1503 SNG 1789
3 3     B: 18311427, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
4 4     Cop SNG 404
5 5     NY: 1955.176.7
6 6     Ayvagediği hoard 160
7 7     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1841
8 8     SNG Levante 1176 = CNG EA 134, 1 Mar. 2006, lot 272
9 9     Lindgren I, 1647
10 10     Tahberer 1686
11 11     Tahberer 1687
12 12     SNG vA 6072
13 13     CGT coll. = Savoca 99 Blue, 10 April 2021, lot 1209