RPC IX, 138

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 138
Province Epirus
Region Epirus
City Nicopolis
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α ΒΙ ΑΦ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ΒΕ ΒΟΛΟΥϹ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Βί(βιος) Ἀφ(ίνιος) Γάλλος Βε(λδουμνιανὸς) Βολουσ(ιανός)
Translation Emperor Vibius Afinius Gallus Veldumnianus Volusianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑϹ ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
Edition Ἱερᾶς Νεικοπόλεως
Translation of sacred Nicopolis
Reverse design turreted and draped bust of Tyche with wings, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.45 g
Axis 12
Reference Oikonomidou 15, Calomino 551
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 257 Oikonomidou 15, pl. 55
2 2     Arta Oikonomidou 2, pl. 48 (as Gordian III)
3 3     Oikonomidou p. 177, no. 23, pl. 70