RPC IX, 157

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 157
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Maronea
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΒΙΒ ΟΥΟΥΛΛΕϹΤΙΑΝΟϹ (sic)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Βίβ(ιος) Οὐο{υ}λ{λεστ}<ουσ>ιανός
Translation Emperor Vibius Volusianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, 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 two thyrsi
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.13 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia, 1728–32
Specimens 14 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 6: same pair of dies. 1–14: same obv. die as 158/1–6, 8–9, 159/1, 160/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1898,0601.14 Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia, 1729, pl. 93
2 2     B: 18237758, 1873/162 Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia, 1732, pl. 94
3 3     B: 18237759, I-B Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia, 1731, pl. 94
4 4     Mu Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia, 1728, pl. 93
5 5     Lindgren II, 807 = CNG 27, 29 Sept. 1993, lot 294
6 6     ✸ Falkensee coll. = M&M GmbH 36, 30 May 2012, lot 561
7 7     Plovdiv: 893 Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia, 1730, pl. 94
8 8     CGT coll. = Naville 25, 25 Sept. 2016, lot 161
9 9     CGT coll. = Savoca 92 Blue, 19 Dec. 2020, lot 1069
10 10     K.K.coll.
11 11     Naumann 100, 7 Mar. 2021, lot 1127
12 12     Naumann 122, 6 Nov. 2022, lot 451
13 13     Naumann 101, 4 Apr. 2021, lot 368
14 14     Naumann 114, 6 Mar. 2022, lot 541