RPC IX, 746

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 746
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Blaundus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Papias, son of Hermo— (strategos and first archon)
Obverse inscription Α Κ ΟΥΟΛΟΥϹϹΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Volusianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΒΛΑΥΝΔΕΩΝ ϹΤΡ ΑΥ ΠΑΠΙΑ ΕΡ, ΜΑΚ
Reverse design radiate-headed Apollo standing right, holding plectrum and lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6, 9
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 740/1–3, 741/1–3, 744/1–3, 747/1–4. 1: same rev. die as 632/1–4 (Ephesus).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Yale: 2004.6.2106
2 2     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 782 = Aufhäuser 11, 21–2 Mars 1995, lot 331