RPC IX, 1418

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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)
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 Volusian riding on horse galloping, right, right arm raised
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
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.

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.