RPC IX, 1418

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1418
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 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 Volusian riding on horse galloping, right, right arm raised
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.69 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference SNG France 1796
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, 1413/1–5, 1416/1–10, 1417/1–8.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1539/5, de Ricci SNG 1796
2 2     B: 28695
3 3     SNG Levante 1178 = CNG EA 206, 11 Mar. 2009, lot 342 = CNG EA 90, 26 May 2004, lot 307
4 4     V-ON Leypold 2705
5 5     CGT coll.