RPC IX, 1416

 

Image of specimen #4

 

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)
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
Reverse design Nike standing left, holding crown of the Cilicarch and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
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.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1506 SNG 1795
2 2     B: 5/1908
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