RPC IX, 1853

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1853
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus) ; Volusian (Augustus)
Issue Group 3: bronze city coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ ΓΑ ΤΡΕΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΟΥΟΛΟϹϹΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΒ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτορες) Κ(αίσαρες) Γά(ϊος) Τρεβ(ωνιανὸς) Γάλλος καὶ Οὐολουσιανὸς Σεβα(στοί)
Translation Emperors Caesars Gaius Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian Augusti
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 (above the temple), 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 17.81 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference CRS 507b, McAlee 1184
Specimens 34 (17 in the core collections)
Note These coins differ from https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/4715 by: i) on the rev., Δ Ɛ above temple’s roof, ii) a cruder style

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.0937
2 2     P: 896
3 3     P: 897
4 4     P: Y23879/42, Seyrig
5 5     B: 18258996, 1018/1904
6 6     B: 18258999, 1873 Fox
7 7     B: 18259000, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
8 8     B: 18259001, 1906 Löbbecke
9 9     B: 18258998, 1908/5 Morel
10 10     C: 362-1968
11 11     ✸ C McClean 9424
12 12     Mu SNG 788
13 13     Mu SNG 789
14 14     NY: 1944.100.66108
15 15     O
16 16     O
17 17     V: GR 21573
18 18     J-SBF CRS p. 401
19 19     Yale: 2001.17.0987.7502
20 20     ArtCoins Roma 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 403
21 21     CNG EA 112, 13 Apr. 2005, lot 156
22 22     CNG EA 115, 25 May 2005, lot 297 = Bowers & Ruddy Galleries, 9–11 June 1980, lot 425
23 23     CNG EA 118, 13 July 2005, lot 128
24 24     CNG EA 144, 26 July 2006, lot 205
25 25     CNG EA 203, 28 Jan. 2009, lot 388
26 26     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1213
27 27     Goldberg 84, 27 Jan. 2015, lot 3192
28 28     Lindgren I, 2027
29 29     McAlee coll. = McAlee 1184
30 30     Missere 883
31 31     MünzZentrum 64, 15 Apr. 1988, lot 666 = MünzZentrum 65, 9 Nov. 1988, lot 336 = MünzZentrum 66, 26 Apr. 1989, lot 1347 = MünzZentrum 68, 25 Apr. 1990, lot 962 = MünzZentrum 88, 7 Jan. 1997, lot 269 = MünzZentrum 110, 2 May 2002, lot 240
32 32     Rauch 86, 12 May 2010, lot 1071
33 33     Freiburg: 12385
34 34     Freiburg: 12386