RPC IX, 1816

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1816
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1/2: City coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡΕΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Οὐίβ(ιος) Τρεβ(ώνιανος) Gάλλος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, Δ Ε (in l. and r. field), S C
Edition Ἀντιοχέων μητρο(πόλεως) κολων(ίας) δʹ ἐ(παρχιῶν) S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation of the Antiocheans, metropolis colony, of the 4 eparchies, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design portable shrine with four columns enclosing statue of Tyche seated, facing, with river god (Orontes) facing, at her feet; above, ram running right; usually, carry-bars at the base of the shrine
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.37 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference CRS 504a, McAlee 1180
Specimens 23 (12 in the core collections)
Note These coins differ from https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/4713 by: i) on the rev., Δ Ɛ to l. and r. of temple’s columns, ii) a finer style
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.5489 BMC 655
2 2     ✸ P: 890
3 3     B: 18258992, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
4 4     C McClean 9422
5 5     Mu SNG 780
6 6     NY: 1923.999.155
7 7     NY: 1927.165.53
8 8     NY: 1972.151.1
9 9     NY: 1995.11.1261
10 10     O
11 11     O
12 12     V: GR 21570
13 13     CNG EA 103, 8 Dec. 2004, lot 130
14 14     CNG EA 118, 13 July 2005, lot 127
15 15     CNG EA 127, 23 Nov. 2005, lot 214
16 16     CNG EA 227, 10 Feb. 2010, lot 384
17 17     CNG EA 51, 23 Oct. 2002, lot 39
18 18     CNG EA 91, 9 June 2004, lot 134
19 19     CNG MBS 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 648
20 20     Lindgren I, 2025
21 21     Missere 881
22 22     Freiburg: 13832
23 23     TMC coll. = Sol Numismatik XXI, 2 Dec. 2023, lot 339