RPC IX, 395

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 395
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Lampsacus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Magistrate Sossios (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΟΥΙΒΙ ΟΛΟϹϹΙΑΝ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Οὐίβι(ος) Ο<ὐο>λο<υ>σ{σ}ιαν(ός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Vibius Volusianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΛΑΝΨΑΚΗΝ-ΩΝ ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ϹΟϹ-ϹΙΟΥ
Edition Λανψακηνῶν 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 22 mm
Average weight 5.25 g
Axis 6
Reference SNG Çanakkale 86
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1893,0604.43
2 2     Çanakkale: 4184 SNG 86