RPC IX, 904

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 904
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Philomelium
Region Phrygia
City Philomelium
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Theseus, son of One—
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Γ ΟΥΕΙΒ ΓΑΛΛΟΝ ϹΕΒ (with Βs retrograde)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Κ(αίσαρα) Γ(άϊον) Οὐίεβ(ιον) Γάλλον Σεβ(αστόν)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Gallus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΟΜΗΛΕΩΝ ΕΠ ΑΥΡ ΘΗϹΕωϹ
Edition Φιλομηλέων ἐπ(ὶ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Θησέως
Translation of the Philomelians, under Aurelius Theseus
Reverse design river god (Gallos) reclining left, holding cornucopia, resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.29 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference BMC 35–6
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 5–7, 9: same pair of dies. 1–11: same obv. die as 905/1–4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1901,0703.30 BMC 36
2 2     L: 1903,0204.183 BMC 35
3 3     L: 1979,0101.2303 SNG vA 3932
4 4     B: I-B
5 5     Cop SNG 658
6 6     V: GR 19951
7 7     Gorny & Mosch 186, 8 Mar. 2010, lot 1614
8 8     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 233, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 2040
9 9     V-ON Leypold 1718
10 10     V-ON Leypold 1719
11 11     V-ON Leypold 1720
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     Freiburg: 474