RPC IX, 303

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 303
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΒΕΙΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ΑΥΙ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Βείβ(ιος) Γάλλος Αὔγ(ουστος)
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 Sarapis seated left, extending arm over Cerberus, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.22 g
Axis 10
Reference SNG vA 7063
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 287/1–2, 288/1–3, 293/2, 295/9, 297/1, 299/1, 302/1–2, 4, 305/1–2, 306A/1, 309/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1911,1010.41
2 2     L: 1979,0101.1380 SNG vA 7063 = Kraft p. 204, no. 82
3 3     Cop SNG 531
4 4     Weber 4910
5 5     CGT coll. = Naville 20, 7 Feb. 2016, lot 249
6 6     Trade (Marc Breitsprecher, VCoins)