RPC IX, 1410

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1410
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 veiled Tyche seated on rock, left, crowned by Nike (who also holds palm), foot resting on swimming river god (Kydnos)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 15.62 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Levante 1174
Specimens 14 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–12: same pair of dies. 1–12: 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, 1409/1–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1843,0712.1 BMC 315
2 2     L: 1961,0301.413
3 3     B: 18311428, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.55067 Cahn 60, 2 July 1928, lot 1710
5 5     Anamur: 3.4.87 SNG 366
6 6     Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 680
7 7     Hirsch 201, 24 Sept. 1998, lot 840
8 8     SNG Levante 1174 = CNG EA 90, 26 May 2004, lot 306
9 9     Lindgren I, A1647A
10 10     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1458
11 11     Tahberer 1689
12 12     Tahberer 1690
13 13     CGT coll. = Demos 4, 26 Sept. 2021, lot 411
14 14     Roma EA 18, 27 June 2015, lot 675