RPC IX, 55

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 55
Province Moesia Superior
Region Moesia
City Viminacium
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus) ; Volusian (Augustus)
Issue AN XIII
Dating AD 251/2
Obverse inscription IMP C VIBIO TREBON GALLO AVG IMP C C VIB VOLVSI AV
Edition Imp(eratori) C(aesari) Vibio Trebon(iano) Gallo Aug(usto) Imp(eratori) C(aesari) C(aius) Vib(io) Volusi(ano) Au(gusto)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus, to Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Volusianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from front, facing laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription P M S COL VIM, AN XIII
Edition P(rovincia) M(oesia) S(uperior) col(onia) Vim(inacium) an(no) XIII
Translation Province of Moesia Superior, Colony Viminacium, in the year 13
Reverse design Gallus and Volusian standing facing each other, in military dress, each holding spear and Victory on globe; in exergue, bull standing right, and lion standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.02 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 170
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 44 = AMNG pl. I.16, rev.
2 2     Belgrade-Nar Martin 5.22.1 = P. Kos, ‘Medallions of the local mint of Viminacium’, Chiron 22 (1992), pp. 299–313, pl. 2