RPC IX, 155

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 155
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Maronea
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΒΙΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Βίβ(ιος) Γάλλος
Translation Emperor Vibius Gallus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡΩΝΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Μαρωνειτῶν
Translation of the Maroneans
Reverse design nude Dionysus standing left, holding bunch of grapes, chlamys and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 10.85 g
Axis 4, 5, 11
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia, 1721–2
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4–6: same pair of dies. 2–3: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 848 Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia, 1721, pl. 93
2 2     B: 18237681, I-B
3 3     ✸ B: 18237682, Löbb. Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia, 1722, pl. 93
4 4     Winterthur: 1232
5 5     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 404
6 6     Lanz 123, 30 May 2005, lot 798