RPC IX, 454

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 454
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Troas
City Alexandria
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C VIBI AFINI OLVSSIANV
Nominative Imperator Caesar Vibius Afinius Volusianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription CO(L) AVG(O), TRO(A)
Reverse design horse grazing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Bellinger A421
Specimens 15 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 11–12, 14–15: same pair of dies. 1–3, 5, 7, 11–15: same obv. die as 444/1, 445/1–7, 446/1–6, 447/1–2, 4, 449/1–2, 451/1–2, 452/1, 456/1–2, 458/1–3, 459/1–3, 463/1, 465/1–2, 466/1–3. 7: same rev. die as 485/4.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1839,0919.180 BMC 150
2 2     P: 418
3 3     B: 9000
4 4     C McClean 7781
5 5     Cop SNG 186
6 6     Mu SNG 123
7 7     O
8 8     Çanakkale: 1050 SNG 384
9 9     Çanakkale: 10872 SNG 381
10 10     Çanakkale: 6666 SNG 383
11 11     Yale: 2001.87.11624
12 12     Bellinger Troy 114 = Bellinger A421, pl. 23
13 13     Giessener 90, 12 Oct. 1998, lot 587
14 14     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 26, 14 Dec. 2014, lot 360
15 15     SNG vA 1482