RPC IX, 316

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 316
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Alliance with Byzantium
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΒΕΙΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ Α(Υ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Βειβ(ίος) Γάλλος Αὔ(γουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Gallus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΟΜΟ(ΝΟΙΑ)
Edition Νικαιέων Βυζαντίων ὁμόνοια
Translation of the Nicaeans and Byzantines in concord
Reverse design Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia; at feet, left, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.96 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Rec 777 corr., Franke & Nollé 1352–5, 1359–62, 1368
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 6–8, 10: same obv. die as 293/1, 4, 295/4, 8, 306/2, 4, 6, 307/2–3, 315/1, 3–4. 4–5, 9: same obv. die as 290/1, 304/4–5, 306/7.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1961,0301.110 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1840, pl. 109
2 2     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1404 SNG vA 702
3 3     C: Lewis 1296
4 4     Mu
5 5     NY: 1944.100.42276
6 6     Cologne Weiser 153
7 7     Cologne Weiser 154
8 8     Cologne Weiser 155
9 9     Cologne Weiser 156
10 10     Falghera 2445
11 11     Freiburg: 14107