RPC IX, 1446

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1446
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mopsus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΘΙΤ = 319
Dating AD 251/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΕΒωΝΙΟϹ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τρεβωνι<αν>ὸς Γάλλος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΓΩΝ ΚΡΙϹΙΜΟϹ ΑΔΡΙ ΜΟΨΕ(Α), ΘΙΤ
Edition ἀγὼν κρίσιμος Ἁδρι(ανῶν) Μοψεα(τῶν) θιτʹ
Translation the critical games, of the Hadrianic Mopsians, 319
Reverse design nude athlete standing right, placing crown on his head and holding palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.02 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference vA Mopsos 79 corr., 80
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same pair of dies. 2, 4: same pair of dies. 1, 3, 5: same obv. die. 1–4: same rev. die.
Note Corrected coin-type (post publication). VA Mopsos 79 describes https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/17759 with a laureate bust and reads the year ΗΙΤ (318), but https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/19094 is of the same pair of dies: the bust is radiate and the year reads ΘΙΤ (319). 
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

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