RPC IX, 296

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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 ΓΑΛΛΟⳞ ΑΥ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Gallus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design Dionysus standing l., holding cantharus and thyrsus
Metal Æ
Average diameter 26 mm
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)

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