RPC IX, 1818

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1818
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus) ; Volusian (Augustus)
Issue Group 1/2: City coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ ΓΑ ΤΡΕΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΟΥΟΛΟϹϹΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear, facing radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, Δ Ε (in l. and r. field), S C
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 29 mm
Axis 1, 6, 11, 12
Reference CRS 504b, McAlee 1183
Specimens 15 (6 in the core collections)
Note These coins differ from https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/4716 by: i) on the rev., Δ Ɛ at r. and l. of temple’s columns, ii) a finer style
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 656, pl. XXVI.5
2 2     L BMC 657
3 3     P: 895
4 4     B: 18259002, Alter Bestand
5 5     B: 18259003, Knobelsdorf
6 6     G SNG 3123
7 7     CNG 49, 17 Mar. 1999, lot 1101
8 8     CNG EA 117, 29 June 2005, lot 146 = MünzZentrum 36, 7 Nov. 1979, lot 117
9 9     CNG MBS 84, 5 May 2010, lot 891
10 10     Emporium Hamburg 67, 10 May 2012, lot 639
11 11     Freeman & Sear MBS 13, 25 Aug. 2006, lot 306
12 12     M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 453
13 13     McAlee 1183 = CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1448
14 14     Missere 882
15 15     Stack’s, 28 Apr. 2010, lot 305