RPC IX, 1416

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1416
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)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κέ(σαρ) Γ(άϊος) Οὐί(βιος) Ἀφί(νιος) Γαλ(λὸς) Οὐολουσ{τ}ιανός
Translation 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 α 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 28 mm
Average weight 10.41 g
Axis 5, 6, 11
Reference SNG France 1795
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–10: same pair of dies. 1–10: same obv. die as 1341/1–3 (Pompeiopolis), 1412/1, 1413/1–5, 1417/1–8, 1418/1–5. 1–10: same rev. die as 1415/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1506 SNG 1795
2 2     B: 18311434, 1908/5
3 3     NY: 1944.100.55070
4 4     ✸ NY: 1998.18.138 Lindgren III, 930
5 5     MünzZentrum 151, 21 Apr. 2009, lot 414
6 6     SNG Keckman 783
7 7     Tahberer 1692
8 8     Tahberer 1693
9 9     Tahberer 1694
10 10     Vecchi 7, 6 Oct. 1997, lot 1594
11 11     CGT coll. = NBS EA 9, 27 Nov. 2021, lot 242