RPC IX, 1855

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1855
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(ωνιανὸς) 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(oniae) Laod(iceae) metropoleos δʹ ἐ(παρχιῶν)
Translation of the colony Laodicea, metropolis, of the 4 eparchies
Reverse design nude Marsyas standing left, raising arm, holding wineskin over shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.10 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG Mu 952
Specimens 16 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–15: same pair of dies. 1–15: same obv. die as 1851/83 (Antioch), 1854/1–14, 1856/1–11.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1913,0516.3
2 2     P: 1286
3 3     B: 190/1966
4 4     Mu SNG 952
5 5     NY: 1944.100.66493
6 6     NY: 1961.154.101
7 7     O
8 8     ✸ O
9 9     Yale: 2001.87.11005
10 10     Hirsch 163, 27 Sept. 1989, lot 1232 = M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 722 (Righetti)
11 11     Lindgren I, 2107
12 12     Missere 910
13 13     Peus 366, 25 Oct. 2000, lot 1125
14 14     Zwicker 2182
15 15     C: Lewis 1781
16 16     R. McAlee coll.