RPC IX, 1411

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1411
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΕ Γ ΟΥΙΒΙ ΤΡΕΒΩ ΓΑΛΛΟΝ ΕΥ ΕΥ, Π Π
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Κα(ίσαρα) Γ(άϊον) Οὐιβί(ουν) Τρέβω(να) Γάλλον Εὐ(σεβῆ) Εὐ(τυχῆ) Π(ατέρα) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Pious Fortunate 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 turreted and veiled Tyche standing right, holding crown of the Cilicarch decorated with the heads of five(?) emperors and two Nike, with Gallus (?) in military dress standing left, holding spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 18.54 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference SNG France 1785–6
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 1338/1–7 (Pompeiopolis), 1339/1–7 (Pompeiopolis), 1340/1–3 (Pompeiopolis), 1391/1, 1395/1, 1397/1–3, 1398/1–5, 1401/1, 1402A/1.
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