RPC IX, 1237

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1237
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Neocaesarea
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΡΠΗ = 188
Dating AD 251/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ϹΕΒΑ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gallus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription Ρω/ΜΗ, ΡΠ/Η
Reverse design Roma seated left, on shield, holding Nike on globe and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference Rec 60, Çizmeli 375–6
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5, 7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 1234/1, 1235/1, 1239/1–4.
Note Çizmeli reads ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ϹƐΒ, but her obv. die D1 reads ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ϹƐΒΑ (see Çizmeli pl. XIX 377, 379)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B Rec pl. XIV.2 = GM pl. IV.18
2 2     Cop SNG 219
3 3     CNG EA 348, 8 Apr. 2015, lot 466
4 4     Falghera 2443
5 5     Hirsch 166, 16 May 1990, lot 1377
6 6     Lindgren III, 142
7 7     SNG vA 6766
8 8     Vecchi 14, 5 Feb. 1999, lot 843
9 9     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 127, 2 Apr. 2023, lot 438