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
Nominative Imperator 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
Reverse design two conical wicker baskets with lighted altar between them
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
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.