RPC IX, 846

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 846
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Acmonea
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΟΥΙΒ ΑΦ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ΟΥΟΛΟΥϹΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Οὐίβ(ιος) Ἀφ(ίνιος) Γάλλος Οὐολουσιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Vibius Afinius Gallus Volusianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀκμονέων
Translation of the Acmoneans
Reverse design hero Akmôn with flying chlamys, holding whip, galloping right, towards Dindymos hill, on which stand two nymphs (Oreiades); at foot of the hill, a river god, reclining, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 10.95 g
Axis 5, 6, 7
Reference BMC 107–8
Specimens 13 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–12: same pair of dies. 1–12: same obv. die as 847/1, 848/1, 849/1–7.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,1226.417 BMC 108
2 2     L: 1895,0606.71 BMC 107, pl. VI.6
3 3     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2106 SNG vA 3380
4 4     P: 123 Wa 5536
5 5     B: 250/1875
6 6     B: I-B MG p. 392, no. 51
7 7     NY: 1944.100.49864
8 8     V: GR 34006 J. Hirsch 21, 16 Nov. 1908 (Weber), lot 3441
9 9     CNG MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 790
10 10     Hauk & Aufhäuser 15, 21 Mar. 2000, lot 422
11 11     Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 541
12 12     V-ON Leypold 1403 = Helbing 86, 25 Nov. 1942, lot 1983
13 13     CGT coll.