RPC IX, 1408

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1408
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 veiled Tyche standing right, in front of turreted and veiled Tyche seated on rock, left, foot resting on swimming river god (Kydnos)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 16.20 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG France 1793
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: 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, 1407/1–13, 1409/1–3, 1410/1–12.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1901,0601.146
2 2     P: 1966/453, Delepierre SNG 1793
3 3     B: 18311429, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.55069 Cahn 60, 2 July 1928, lot 1313
5 5     Lindgren III, 928 = Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, ot 681
6 6     Ziegler 817