RPC IX, 599

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 599
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Colophon
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Athenaios (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΟΥΟΛΟΥϹΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Οὐίβ(ιος) Οὐολουσιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Volusianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΥ ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀθηναίου Κολοφωνίων
Translation under strategos Aurelius Athenaios, of the Colophonians
Reverse design half nude Homer seated right, holding an open scroll
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 9.79 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Milne 262
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 601/1–9, 602/1, 603/1, 762/1–2 (Neapolis ad Harpasum), 763/1–2 (Neapolis ad Harpasum).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.1124 BMC 59, pl. VIII.15, rev. = Kraft p. 134, no. 137a
2 2     P: 342
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     NY: 1970.189.3
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 233, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 1944