RPC IX, 736

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 736
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Blaundus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Papias, son of Hermo— (strategos and first archon)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Γ Ο Τ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Οὐίβιος Τρεβωνιανὸς Γάλλος Σεβαστός Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Ο(ὐίβιος) Τ(ρεβωνιανὸς) Γάλλος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from front, left arm of cuirass raised
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΡ Α ΑΥ ΠΑΠΙΟΥ, ΒΛΑΥΝΔΕΩΝ ΜΑΚ
Edition ἐπὶ ἄρχοντος αʹ Αὐρηλίου Παπίου Βλαυνδέων Μακεδόνων ἐπὶ ἄρ(χοντος) αʹ Αὐ(ρηλίου) Παπίου Βλαυνδέων Μακ(εδόνων)
Translation under first archon Aurelius Papias, of the Macedonian Blaundians
Reverse design Apollo-Mên on horseback, right, holding patera, carrying double axe over shoulder, horse being led by Hermes standing left, holding caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.91 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 91
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 738/1–2, 745/1–3. 1–3: same rev. die as 735/1–2.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,1224.393 BMC 91
2 2     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1968 SNG vA 8222 = Kraft p. 158, no. 38, pl. 53
3 3     J. Hirsch 13, 15 May 1905, lot 4048 (Rhousopoulos)
4 4     CGT coll. (ex London Coin Galleries 4, 4 June 2017, lot 782)