RPC IX, 156

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 156
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Maronea
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΒΙΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Vibius Gallus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡΩΝΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design temple with six columns and broken pediments enclosing Dionysus(?) standing left, holding patera(?) and thyrsus(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 154/1.
Note The last two letters of the rev. legend are retrograde and read from right to left

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G. Terzian coll. = Stack, 28 Apr. 2010, lot 223 = CNG EA July 2001, lot 63417 = ex C. Vermeule coll.
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     O. Kasperovych‎ coll.
4 4     N. Malchev coll.
5 5     ✸ R. Hoppensteadt coll. = Leu EA 13, 15 Aug. 2020, lot 811
6 6     K.K. coll.