RPC IX, 801

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 801
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Peltae
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Rufinus, son of Gaius (first archon)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Γ Ο ΤΡΕ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Οὐίβιος Τρεβωνιανὸς Γάλλος Σεβαστός Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Ο(ὐίβιος) Τρε(βωνιανὸς) 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 ΑΥΡ ΡΟΥΦΕΙΝΟΥ ΓΑΙΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΠΕΛΤΗΝΩΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αὐρηλίου Ῥουφείνου Γαΐου ἄρχοντος αʹ Πελτηνῶν Μακεδόνων ἐπὶ Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ῥουφείνου Γαΐου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ Πελτηνῶν Μακεδόνων
Translation under Aurelius Rufinus, son of Gaius, first archon of the Macedonian Peltaeans
Reverse design Heracles and the Nemean lion: nude Heracles (youthful) standing right, grasping lion by the jaws; in exergue, club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 18.95 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 32
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 789/1–2 (Colossae), 803/1–3, 805/1–2 (Eumenea).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BNK,G.1075 BMC 32, pl. XLI.10 = Kraft p. 158, no. 39b
2 2     P: 1819 Wa 6391
3 3     N&N London EA 41, 2 Dec. 2023, lot 495