RPC IX, 2158

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2158
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Neapolis
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Issue Group 1, with Greek inscriptions
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Γ ΟΥΙ ΤΡΕΒ ΟΥΟΛΟΥϹΑΝ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Γ(άϊος) Οὐί(βιος) Τρεβ(ωνιανὸς) Οὐολουσ<ι>αν(ός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Volusianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΝΕΑϹΠΟΛΕωϹ
Edition Φλ(αουίας) Νεαπόλεως
Translation of Flavia Neapolis
Reverse design Mount Gerizim with temple in perspective, and altar (on the left), steep stairway and colonnade; below, eagle facing, head left, spreading wings; sometimes, at top, crescent and star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.78 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Harl, Neapolis 131–6
Specimens 23 (9 in the core collections)
Note All coins are from the same obv. die. For die links, see Harl pp. 93-4

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 160
2 2     L: 1862,0717.20 BMC 161, pl. VII.19, rev.
3 3     L: 1908,0110.2156 BMC 162
4 4     P: 1030, Chandon
5 5     P: 160
6 6     ✸ P: 222 Harl 133
7 7     B: I-B
8 8     O
9 9     V: GR 31285
10 10     Boston: 1986.237 Leu 38, 13 May 1986, lot 162
12 12     IMJ: 78.02748
13 13     Vat: 575
14 14     CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 698
15 15     CNG EA 117, 29 June 2005, lot 173
16 16     CNG EA 184, 19 Mar. 2008, lot 131
17 17     CNG EA 236, 7 July 2010, lot 402
18 18     CNG EA 344, 11 Feb. 2015, lot 419
19 19     Gorny & Mosch 130, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1922
20 20     Heritage 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, Shoshanna coll. part 2, lot 20456
21 21     NAC 59, 4 Apr. 2011, lot 1438
22 22     NAC 64, 17 May 2012, lot 1933 = CNG EA 333, 20 Aug. 2014, lot 251
23 23     Rauch 34, 14 Jan. 1985, lot 253
24 24     Sternberg, 25 Nov. 1976, lot 670