RPC IX, 178

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 178
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Magistrate Beroneike ; Isaurikos
Alliance with Nicaea
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΒΕΙΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ΟΥΟΛΟϹϹΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Gallus Volusianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΙϹΑΥΡΙΚΟΥ Κ ΒΕΡΟΝΕΙΚΗϹ ΟΜΟΝΟΙ, ΝΙΚΑΕΩΝ, ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ (on urn)
Reverse design agonistic crown containing two palms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1850, Rec 786, Franke & Nollé 134
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 491 Wa 786 = Rec 786, pl. LXXXVI.25, rev. = Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1850, pl. 110 = Franke & Nollé 134, Pl.12
2 2     ✸ Gorny 101, 6 Mar. 2000, lot 536