RPC IX, 1539

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1539
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Hierapolis-Castabala
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΕΒωΝΙΟϹ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τρεβωνιανὸς Γάλλος
Translation Emperor Caesar Trebonianus Gallus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΟΠ ΚΑϹΤΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ, ΙΕΡΟϹ
Edition Ἱεροπ(ολειτῶν) Κασταβαλέων Ἱερός
Translation of the Hierapolitan Castabalans, Sacred
Reverse design agonistic crown containing palm between two torches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 17.69 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Robert 43
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4: same pair of dies. 2–3: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 1540A/1, 1541/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 837/1987
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     ✸ Bern: 92.71 Kapossy 153
4 4     Hirsch 167, 26 Sept. 1990, lot 1331
5 5     D. Lowe coll.