RPC IX, 161

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 161
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Maronea
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΒΙΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Βίβ(ιος) Γάλλος
Translation Emperor Vibius Gallus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, left, 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 23 mm
Average weight 7.65 g
Axis 7
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia, 1725
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The obv. inscription is retrograde

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18237757, B-I Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia, 1725, pl. 93 = GRMK p. 254, no. 2