RPC IX, 296

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 296
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 Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.40 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Weiser 159
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 286/2, 295/2, 304/3, 6.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1378 SNG vA 7059
2 2     Cologne Weiser 159
3 3     van der Dussen 15, 2 Apr. 1991, lot 407
4 4     CGT coll. = Naville 21, 20 Mar. 2016, lot 263