RPC IX, 172


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/172 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IX
Number	172
Province	Thrace
Region	Thrace
City	Byzantium
Reign	Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.)	Volusian (Augustus)
Magistrate	Isaurikos
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΒΕΙΒ ΟΥΟΛΟϹϹΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative	Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Volusianus
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΕΠΙ ΙϹΑΥΡΙΚΟΥ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design	dolphin right, between two tuna fishes, left
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Axis	5, 6
Reference	Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion, 1808–10
Specimens	4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links	1–4: same obv. die.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: 492	Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1808, pl. 107	25	8.23	5		Show
2	2 ✸	C: 129-1948		26	8.88	6		Show
3	3	G	SNG 892	24	7.16		rev. inscription is anticlockwise	Show
4	4	Gotha	Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1809, pl. 107		7.51			Show