RPC IX, 1409

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1409
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 bust of turreted and veiled Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 19.68 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: 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, 1408/1–6, 1410/1–12. 1–3: same rev. die as 1362/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bern: Righetti 1707
2 2     ✸ Hirsch 181, 22 Feb. 1994, lot 889
3 3     M&M GmbH 30, 28 May 2009, lot 1179
4 4     D. Lowe coll.