RPC IX, 1411

 

Image of specimen #3

 

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), 1340/1–2 (Pompeiopolis), 1391/1, 1395/1, 1397/1–3, 1398/1–5, 1401/1, 1402A/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.1601 BMC 313
2 2     P: 1505 SNG 1786
3 3     ✸ P: 1539/36 SNG 1785 = Kok, 19 Jan. 1924, lot 100
4 4     Mu
5 5     CNG EA 246, 15 Dec. 2010, lot 220
6 6     SNG Levante 1173 = CNG EA 206, 11 Mar. 2009, lot 341 = CNG EA 123, 28 Sept. 2005, lot 54
7 7     Tahberer 1680