RPC IX, 289

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 289
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΒΕΙΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ΑΥ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Βειβ(ίος) Γάλλος Αὔ(γουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Gallus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Athena seated left, on shield, holding patera and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.31 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 769
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 5: same obv. die as 295/1, 300/4, 301/1–4, 308/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1178 Rec pl. LXXXVI.12, rev.
2 2     NY: 1944.100.42257
3 3     Cologne Weiser 161
4 4     Rohde coll.
5 5     ✸ T. Vossen, Vcoins, 282064 (Jan. 2015)
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     Savoca 32 Blue, 23 May 2020, lot 882
8 8     Bochum: M 3209