RPC IX, 152

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 152
Province Macedonia
Region Thessaly
City Magnesia
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Γ ΙΟΥ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ
Edition Γ(άϊος) Ἰοὺ(λιος) Γάλλος
Translation Gaius Iulius Gallus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΡΓΩ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Edition Ἀργώ Μαγνήτων
Translation Argo of the Magnesians
Reverse design galley with rowers, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.23 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference Rogers 380
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4–5: same pair of dies. 1, 3–5: same obv. die as 153/1–6.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1849,0119.55 BMC 103 under Magnesia ad Maeandrum
2 2     L: 1925,0210.4
3 3     NY: 1944.100.17296
4 4     NY: 1944.100.17297
5 5     ✸ Lanz 60, 11 June 1992, lot 837
6 6     Savoca Coins Blue 155th Blue, 11 - 12 Feb. 2023, lot 818 (Gallienus)