RPC IX, 236

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 236
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Cius
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Γ ΟΥ ΑΦΕΙ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ΒΕ ΟΥΟΛΟΥϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Οὐ(ίβιος) Ἀφ{ε}ί(νιος) Γάλλος Β(ελδούμνιανος) Οὐολουσ(ιανός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Afinius Gallus Veldumnianus Volusianus
Obverse design laureate head of Volusian, right
Reverse inscription ΚΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Κιανῶν
Translation of the Cians
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.14 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rec 123
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 514 Wa 309 = Rec pl. LIII.11
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     Cop SNG 398
4 4     Mu
5 5     Arminus coll.
6 6     CGT coll. = Biga EA 6, 31 Oct. 2021, lot 387