RPC IX, 315

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 315
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Alliance with Byzantium
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΒΕΙΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ΑΥ(Γ)
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 ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙ
Edition Νικαιέων Βυζαντίων ὁμόνοι(α)
Translation of the Nicaeans and Byzantines in concord
Reverse design Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.87 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 778, Franke & Nollé 1356–8
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4: same pair of dies. 1, 3–4: same obv. die as 293/1, 4, 295/4, 8, 306/2, 4, 6, 307/2–3, 316/1–3, 6–8, 10. 2: same obv. die as 314/1–4. 1–4: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 490A Rec 778, pl. LXXXVI.20, rev. = Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1843, pl. 109
2 2     B: Rauch Rec 777 corr, pl. LXXXVI.19, rev. = Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1844, pl. 109
3 3     St Petersburg Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1842/1, pl. 109
4 4     C. N. Lischine, Monnaies grecques. Thrace (Mâcon, 1902), pl. 7.354 = Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1842/2
5 5     T. Mullally coll.
6 6     Demos 16, 3 Feb. 2023, lot 626