RPC IX, 2115

 

Image of specimen #25

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2115
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C C VIB GALLVS P F AVG
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) G(aius) Vib(ius) Gallus P(ius) F(elix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Gallus Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL P(R) F AVG F C CAES MET(R) (PR) S P(AL)
Edition col(onia) Pr(ima) F(lavia) Aug(usta) F(elix?) C(oncordia?) Caes(area) metr(opolis) S(yriae) Pal(aestinae)
Translation the first Flavian colony of Augusta Felix(?) Concordia(?), Caesarea, metropolis the province of Syria Palaestina
Reverse design two eagles addorsed, each head reverted and holding wreath in beak; between them, vexillum (inscribed?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.18 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference BMC 207–10, Kadman II 213–4
Specimens 25 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1664 BMC 210
2 2     L: 1908,0110.1667 BMC 208
3 3     L: 1908,0110.1668 BMC 207, pl. IV.18, rev.
4 4     L: 1908,0110.1670 BMC 209
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     B: Löbb.
7 7     B: Rauch
8 8     Mu
9 9     NY: 1944.100.68998 SNG 851
10 10     Bern: Righetti 2408
11 11     Haifa-MA: 3/5
12 12     Haifa-MA: 3/6
13 13     J-MJA: 71/1919
14 14     J-MJA: 71/948
15 15     J-MJA: 71/949
16 16     IMJ Sofaer 165
17 17     IMJ Sofaer 166
18 18     IMJ: 3.5.1993
19 19     IMJ: 78.02229
20 20     IMJ: 78.02230
21 21     J-SBF
22 22     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 264
23 23     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 312
24 24     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 313
25 25     ✸ NAC 64, 17 May 2012, lot 1904 = CNG EA 333, 20 Aug. 2014, lot 243