RPC IX, 306

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 306
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΒΕΙΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ Α(Υ)
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 Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.28 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Rec 773
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same pair of dies. 2, 4, 6: same pair of dies. 1, 3: same obv. die as 291/1, 293/3, 5, 295/3, 299A/1, 300/7, 313/1–3, 5, 7–8. 2, 4, 6: same obv. die as 293/1, 4, 295/4, 8, 307/2–3, 315/1, 3–4, 316/1–3, 6–8, 10. 7: same obv. die as 290/1, 304/4–5, 316/4–5, 9.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1900,1001.8
2 2     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1376 SNG vA 701
3 3     P: 1180 Rec pl. LXXXVI.15, rev.
4 4     NY: 1944.100.42256
5 5     Ankara: 1873-476
6 6     Cologne Weiser 151
7 7     Yapı Kredi 211
8 8     CGT coll.