RPC IX, 153

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 153
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 (anti-clockwise and retrograde)
Edition Ἀργώ Μαγνήτων
Translation Argo of the Magnesians
Reverse design galley with rowers, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.56 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rogers 380 (fig. 198)
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 152/1, 3–5.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1893,0603.48
2 2     L: 1925,0210.3
3 3     B: 673/1927
4 4     Cop SNG 902 (under Ionia)
5 5     ✸ O
6 6     CNG Triton XV, 3 Jan. 2012, lot 444