RPC IX, 1550

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1550
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Epiphanea
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΘΙΤ = 319
Dating AD 251/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΟΥΙΒ [ ] ΟΥΕΛΔ ΟΥΟΛΟϹΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Οὐίβ[---] Οὐελδ(ουμνιανὸς) Οὐολοσιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius [---] Veldumnianus Volusianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙΦΑΝΕΩΝ, ΘΙΤ
Edition Ἐπιφανέων θιτʹ
Translation of the Epiphaneans, 319
Reverse design Dionysus, riding in biga of panthers, left, holding reins and thyrsus; at left, a satyr leading the biga; below, cista and amphora
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 26.36 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same rev. die as 1548/1–4.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1982,0215.1
2 2     O
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 169, 25 July 2007, lot 115