RPC IX, 2140

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2140
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Neapolis
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1, with Greek inscriptions
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡΙΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription [ΦΛ ΝΕΑϹ]ΠΟΛΕωϹ
Reverse design to left, Hygieia standing right, holding patera and serpent; to left, Asclepius standing left, feeding from patera a serpent which is raising before him, holding staff; above, star and Mount Gerizim
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 7, 12
Reference Harl, Neapolis 121
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 2139/5, 2150/1, 4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1908,0110.2160 BMC 155, pl. VII.14, rev.
2 2     CGT coll.