RPC IX, 738

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 738
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Blaundus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aur Papias Ermo— (first archon)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Γ Ο Τ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ Ϲ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, r., seen from front, l. arm of cuirass raised
Reverse inscription ΒΛΑΥΝΔƐΩΝ ΜΑΚƐΔΟ, ΑΡΧ Α ΑΥ ΠΑΠΙΟΥ
Reverse design nude Heracles standing r., lion skin on l. arm, holding club, seizing by the mane a lion seated r., fore-paw raised; he plants his l. knee on the lion’s back
Metal Æ
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 736/1–3, 745/1–3. 1–2: same rev. die as 737/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 36072 Egger 46, 11 May 1914 (Prowe III), lot 1444
2 2     Sternberg 12, 18 Nov. 1982, lot 761