RPC IX, 394

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 394
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Lampsacus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Magistrate Sossios (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Οὐίβ(ιος) Τρ(εβωνιανὸς) Γάλλος
Translation Emperor Caesar Vibius Trebonianus Gallus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΛΑΝΨΑΚΗΝ ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ϹΟ-Ϲ-ϹΙΟΥ
Edition Λανψακην(ῶν) ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Σοσσίου
Translation of the Lampsacenes, under the strategos Sossios
Reverse design ithyphallic statue of bearded Priapus standing on base, left, holding cantharus over lighted altar and long filleted thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 5.89 g
Axis 6
Reference KM p. 28, no. 8
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 391/1–8, 392/1–3, 393/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18282088, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer KM p. 28, no. 8
2 2     C: FM 141
3 3     CGT coll.