RPC IX, 175

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 175
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Magistrate Beroneike ; Isaurikos
Alliance with Nicaea
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΒΕΙΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Βείβ(ιος) Γάλλος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Gallus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΙϹΑΥΡΙΚΟΥ Κ ΒΕΡΟΝΕΙΚΗϹ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ, ΝΙΚΑΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἰσαυρικοῦ κ(αὶ) Βερονείκης ὁμόνοια Βυζαντίων Νικαέων
Translation under Isaurikos and Beroneike, concord of the Byzantines (and) the Nicaeans
Reverse design two conical wicker baskets with lighted altar between them
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.18 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1839, Rec 780–1, Franke & Nollé 127–32
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 177/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.2426 BMC Thrace 1 = Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1838, pl. 109 = Franke & Nollé 132, pl. 12
2 2     P: 489 Rec pl. LXXXVI.22, rev. = Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1839/3
3 3     C McClean 4266 = Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1839/2
4 4     ✸ V: GR 29210 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1839/5, pl. 109
5 5     A Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1839/1
6 6     Sofia Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1839/4
7 7     CGT coll.