RPC IX, 1427

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1427
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Augusta
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΓΛϹ = 233
Dating AD 252/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΟΥ ΤΡΙ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Οὐ(ίβιος) Τρε(βωνιανὸς) Γάλλος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΑΝΩΝ ΕΤ ΓΛϹ
Edition Αὐγουστανῶν ἔτ(ους) γλσʹ
Translation of the Augustans, of year 233
Reverse design turreted and veiled Tyche seated on rocks, left, raising right hand; at her feet, river god (Saros) swimming; before her, female standing (Livia?), right, raising right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 17.97 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Karbach, Augusta 113–5
Specimens 14 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 5: same pair of dies. 2, 4, 9, 12: same pair of dies. 3, 6–8, 10–11, 13: same pair of dies. 1–13: same obv. die as 1428/1–7, 9–13.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1897,0503.48 BMC 12, pl. VIII.2, rev.
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     Boston: 1972.11 Karbach 115/1
5 5     Düsseldorf: Ls4252.32.43 Ziegler 872
6 6     Harvard: 1983.56.194
7 7     CNG EA 106, 19 Jan. 2005, lot 184
8 8     ✸ CNG EA 321, 26 Feb. 2014, lot 358
9 9     Hirsch 181, 22 Feb. 1994, lot 888 = Kölner Münzkabinett 59, 18 Nov. 1993, lot 288
10 10     SNG Levante 1253 = Weber 7510 = KM, p. 438, no. 3
11 11     MünzZentrum 156, 1 Sept. 2010, lot 338
12 12     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 404
13 13     Ziegler 871 = Kölner Münzkabinett 42, 10 Nov. 1986, lot 96
14 14     D. Lowe coll.