RPC IX, 159

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 159
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 Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia, 1734
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 157/1–14, 158/1–6, 8–9, 160/1–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ G. Daux, ‘Chroniques des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques en Grèce en 1965’, BCH 90 (1966), p. 976 and 978, fig. 20b