RPC IX, 359

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 359
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Γ ΒΙ ΤΕΡ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ΑΥ
Edition Γ(άϊος) Βί(βιος) Τερ(βωνιανὸς) Γάλλος Αὔ(γουστος)
Translation Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Gallus, left, seen from front, holding spear and shield
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Νικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Gallus on horseback riding, right, right arm spearing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.15 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec 402
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 4: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 352/1, 358/1–2.
Note On the rev., sometimes, no ligatures.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1450 SNG vA 7134
2 2     P: 1463 Rec pl. XCVIII.23, rev.
3 3     Cologne Weiser 170
4 4     Yale: 2004.6.2302
5 5     CGT coll.