RPC IX, 737

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 737
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 ΤΡ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Ο(ὐίβιος) Τρ(εβωνιανὸς) Γάλλος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΒΛΑΥΝΔΕΩΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟ, ΑΡΧ Α ΑΥ ΠΑΠΙΟΥ
Edition Βλαυνδέων Μακεδό(νων) ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ Αὐ(ρηλίου) Παπίου
Translation of the Macedonian Blaundeans, of first archon Aurelius Papias
Reverse design nude Heracles standing right, lion skin on left arm, holding club, seizing by the mane a lion seated right, fore-paw raised; he plants his left knee on the lion’s back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 21.64 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 90
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 735/1–2. 1–5: same rev. die as 738/1–2.
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