RPC IX, 1852

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1852
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Issue Group 3: bronze city coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Γ ΑΦΙΝ ΓΑΛ ΟΥΕΝΔ ΟΥΟΛΟΥϹϹΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Afinius Gallus Veldumnianus Volusianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, Δ Ε (above the temple), S C
Reverse design portable shrine with four columns enclosing statue of Tyche seated, facing, with river god (Orontes) facing, at her feet; above, ram running right; usually, carry-bars at the base of the shrine
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference CRS 507c, McAlee 1193
Specimens 30 (14 in the core collections)
Note These coins differ from https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/4720 by: i) on the rev., Δ Ɛ above temple’s roof, ii) a cruder style
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.1204 BMC 665
2 2     L: G.0936
3 3     P: 898
4 4     ✸ P: Y23879/44, Seyrig
5 5     B: 18259005, 1873 Fox
6 6     B: 18259004, 1906 Löbbecke
7 7     B: 18259006, Rauch
8 8     Cop SNG 295
9 9     G SNG 3126
10 10     Mu SNG 790
11 11     NY: 1944.100.66111
12 12     NY: 1958.171.1522
13 13     O
14 14     O
15 15     Yale: 2001.87.7505
16 16     Yale: 2001.87.7509
17 17     ArtCoins Roma 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 404
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     CNG EA 103, 8 Dec. 2004, lot 132
20 20     CNG EA 112, 13 Apr. 2005, lot 157
21 21     CNG EA 172, 5 Sept. 2007, lot 110
22 22     CNG EA 71, 20 Aug. 2003, lot 117
23 23     Falghera 2483
24 24     Lindgren I, 2028
25 25     M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 663
26 26     McAlee 1193A Supplement = VAuctions, 30 Apr. 2009, 84
27 27     Missere 885
28 28     Missere 886
29 29     Missere 887
30 30     Ponterio Sale 149 - C.I.C.F. Auction, 24 Apr. 2009, lot 2085