RPC IX, 1854

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1854
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Laodicea ad Mare
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
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 COL LAOD METROPOLEOS, Δ Ε
Edition col(onia) Laod(iceae) Metropoleos δʹ ἐ(παρχιῶν)
Translation Colony of Laodicea, Metropolis, of the 4 eparchies
Reverse design Artemis Brauronia standing right, with kalathos, holding axe and shield; on each side, stag
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.07 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference BMC 114
Specimens 17 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–14: same pair of dies. 1–14: same obv. die as 1851/83 (Antioch), 1855/1–15, 1856/1–11.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.285a BMC 114
2 2     P: 1966/453, Delepierre
3 3     ✸ P: Y23879/190
4 4     P: Y23879/191
5 5     B: 18257989, 28411
6 6     B: Löbb.
7 7     NY: 1944.100.66492
8 8     Bern: Righetti 2124
9 9     Yale: 2001.87.11004
10 10     Lindgren I, 2108
11 11     Missere 911
12 12     MünzZentrum 53, 13 Nov. 1984, lot 1966 = M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 723 (Righetti)
13 13     Peus 366, 25 Oct. 2000, lot 1126
14 14     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 2579
15 15     P: 1244
16 16     R. McAlee coll.
17 17     R. McAlee coll.