RPC IX, 304

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 304
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΒΕΙΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ Α(ΥΓ)
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 standing left, raising right arm, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.65 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Rec 766
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 4–5: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 286/1, 292/1–2, 294/1–2, 298/1–2, 300/1, 3, 5. 3, 6: same obv. die as 286/2, 295/2, 296/1–4. 4–5: same obv. die as 290/1, 306/7, 316/4–5, 9. 4–6: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1175 Rec pl. LXXXVI.9, rev.
2 2     B: 7925
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     V: GR 15733
5 5     SNG vA 7061
6 6     Zwicker 1078
7 7     CGT coll. = Naville Ltd 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 169
8 8     CGT coll. = Savoca 18 Blue, 30 Mar. 2019, lot 688
9 9     T. Mullally coll.
10 10     L. Bricault coll. = Numismad 15, 6–8 July 2024, lot 749