RPC IX, 1403

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1403
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Γ ΟΥΙΒΙΟΝ ΤΡΙΒΩ ΓΑΛΛΟΝ, Π Π
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus pater patriae
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Reverse design nude Helios standing left, raising right arm and holding whip and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference SNG France 1787
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 1390/1–4, 1393/1, 1394/1–5, 1396/1–5, 8–10, 1399/1–8, 1400/1, 1402/1–16, 1404/1, 1405/1, 1407/1–13, 1408/1–6, 1409/1–3, 1410/1–12.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1897,0104.399 BMC 314
2 2     ✸ L: 1961,0301.423 Cahn 60, 2 July 1928, lot 1709
3 3     P: 1539 SNG 1794
4 4     C: Mossop
5 5     NY: 1944.100.55068
6 6     CNG EA 328, 11 June 2014, lot 359
7 7     Tahberer 1688
8 8     CGT coll. = Pecunem 34, 9 Aug. 2015, lot 801
9 9     CGT coll. = eBay Savoca