RPC IX, 2166

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2166
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Neapolis
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Issue Group 1, with Greek inscriptions
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡΙΒ ΟΥΟΛΟΥϹΙΑ(ΝΟϹ)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Volusianus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΝΕΑϹΠΟΛΕωϹ
Reverse design Mount Gerizim with temple in perspective, and altar (on the left), steep stairway and colonnade; in exergue, sometimes altar between two pellets
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Harl, Neapolis 149
Specimens 15 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0717.19 BMC 165
2 2     NY: 1944.100.69160 SNG 1041
3 3     Bern: Righetti 2425
4 4     IMJ: 2012.001.33092 Sofaer 242
5 5     CNG 37, 20 Mar. 1996, lot 979
6 6     CNG EA 192, 23 July 2008, lot 154
7 7     CNG EA 198, 5 Nov. 2008, lot 220
8 8     CNG EA 229, 10 Mar. 2010, lot 353
9 9     ✸ CNG EA 250, 23 Feb. 2011, lot 278 = CNG EA 239, 25 Aug. 2010, lot 423
10 10     CNG EA 344, 11 Feb. 2015, lot 418
11 11     Heritage 357, 9 Sept. 2004, lot 12142
12 12     Lanz 78, 25 Nov. 1996, lot 882
13 13     Rosenberger III, 124
14 14     Freiburg: 10715
15 15     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 69, 14 Nov. 2021, lot 165