RPC IX, 1417

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1417
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 Tyche seated left on rocks and receiving agonistic crown from Tychai; at right, a third Tyche standing left, holding prize-crown; below, river god (Kydnos) swimming left; the three Tychai are Cilicia, Isauria and Lycaonia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 5
Specimens 11 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 1341/1–3 (Pompeiopolis), 1412/1, 1413/1–5, 1416/1–10, 1418/1–5.
Note Compare the reverse with https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/5321 (Anazarbus)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: B-I Egger, 28 Nov. 1904 (Prowe I), lot 1478
2 2     CNG EA 185, 2 Apr. 2008, lot 218
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 113, 18 Oct. 2001, lot 5511
4 4     ✸ Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 2172 = Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 2077 = Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1842
5 5     Levante documentation
6 6     Tahberer 1696
7 7     Tahberer 1697
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     NBS Auctions 7, 18 July 2021, lot 497 ('Greek coin')
10 10     NBS Auctions 7, 18 July 2021, lot 502 (Valerian, Augusta)
11 11     D. Lowe coll.