RPC IX, 1415

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1415
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑ Γ ΟΥΕΙ ΑΦΕ ΓΑΛΛΟΝ ΟΥΟΛΟΥ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Κα(ίσαρα) Γ(άϊον) Οὐεί(βιον) Ἀφε(ίνιον) Γάλλον Οὐολου(σιανόν)
Translation for Emperor 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
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 Nike standing left, holding crown of the Cilicarch and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.84 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 1416/1–10.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Tahberer 1691