RPC IX, 1413

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1413
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΕ Γ ΟΥΙ ΑΦΕ ΓΑΛ ΟΥΟΛΟϹΤΙΑΝΟϹ (sic)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Afinius Gallus Volusianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β (in centre)
Reverse design crown of the Cilicarch decorated with nine imperial busts and two Nike
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference Ziegler 818
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 1341/1–3 (Pompeiopolis), 1412/1, 1416/1–10, 1417/1–8, 1418/1–5. 1–5: same rev. die as 1400A/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1961,0301.424
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     ✸ CNG MBS 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 630
4 4     Tahberer 1695
5 5     Ziegler 818