RPC IX, 2323

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2323
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Issue L Γ = year 3
Dating AD 252/3
Obverse inscription Α Κ Γ ΑΦ ΓΑΛ Β ΒΟΛΟΥϹΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Ἀφ(ίνιος) Γάλ(λος) Β(ελδουμνιανὸς) Βόλουσιανος Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Africanus Gallus Vibius Volusianus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Γ
Edition (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design draped bust of Selene, right, wearing taenia; before, crescent
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.82 g
Axis 12
Reference D 5131, Ο 3841, BMC 2108
Specimens 17 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.859 BMC 2108
2 2     P: 3370
3 3     B: 96/1892
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     NY: 1944.100.67196
6 6     NY: 1974.26.4409
7 7     O: HCR31359 M 3841
8 8     V: GR 25411
9 9     A: 4310 Demetrio 2947
10 10     Cologne: N63
11 11     Yale: 2001.87.4089
12 12     CNG 41, 19 Mar. 1997, lot 1324 = Malter 1, 9 Nov. 1973, lot 310
13 13     D 5131 = DS pl. 268 = Hess Lucerne 251, 7 May 1981, lot 206
14 14     Gorny & Mosch 229, 10 Mar. 2015, lot 1564
16 16     J. Aiello coll.
17 17     M&M Basel, list 469, Aug. 1984, lot 77
18 18     Sternberg 14, 24 May 1984, lot 417