RPC IX, 295

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 295
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΒΕΙΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ΑΥ(Ι)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Βείβ(ιος) Γάλλος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Gallus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding corn ears and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.44 g
Axis 1, 6, 9, 12
Reference Weiser 145, 149
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 289/1–3, 5, 300/4, 301/1–4, 308/1. 2: same obv. die as 286/2, 296/1–4, 304/3, 6. 3: same obv. die as 291/1, 293/3, 5, 299A/1, 300/7, 306/1, 3, 313/1–3, 5, 7–8. 4, 8: same obv. die as 293/1, 4, 306/2, 4, 6, 307/2–3, 315/1, 3–4, 316/1–3, 6–8, 10. 9: same obv. die as 287/1–2, 288/1–3, 293/2, 297/1, 299/1, 302/1–2, 4, 303/1–5, 305/1–2, 306A/1, 309/1–2.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C McClean 7506
2 2     Cop SNG 532
3 3     ✸ Cologne Weiser 145
4 4     Cologne Weiser 149
6 6     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 1157
7 7     SNG Keckman 144
8 8     SNG vA 700
9 9     CGT coll. = Naville 17, 20 Sept. 2015, lot 249
10 10     Savoca 32 Blue, 23 May 2020, lot 881
11 11     Trade (London Ancient Coins, VCoins)