RPC IX, 158

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 158
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 draped Dionysus standing left, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.04 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia, 1726–7
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6, 8–9: same pair of dies. 1–6, 8–9: same obv. die as 157/1–14, 159/1, 160/1–3. 1–9: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.3178 BMC 90
2 2     Cop SNG 651
3 3     Mu
4 4     NY: 1944.100.15772 Egger 40, 2 May 1912 (Prowe II), lot 155
5 5     V: GR 38931 Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia, 1727, pl. 93
6 6     Istanbul: 436
7 7     Sofia: 10 559/7191 Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia, 1726, pl. 93
8 8     Falkensee coll.
9 9     ✸ Naumann 62, 4 Feb. 2018, lot 407