RPC IX, 172

 

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Coin type
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Βείβ(ιoς) Οὐολο<υ>σ{σ}ιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Volusianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΙϹΑΥΡΙΚΟΥ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἰσαυρικοῦ Βυζαντίων
Translation under Isaurikos, of the Byzantines
Reverse design dolphin right, between two tuna fishes, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.95 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion, 1808–10
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 492 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1808, pl. 107
2 2     ✸ C: 129-1948
3 3     G SNG 892
4 4     Gotha Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion, 1809, pl. 107