RPC IX, 1414

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1414
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΟΥΕΙΒ ΑΦΙ ΓΑΛΟΝ ϹΕΒ (sic)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Afinius Gallus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, head right, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 12
Reference BMC 316
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 4: same obv. die as 1347/1–21, 1356/2, 4–5, 7–8, 10–14, 17, 20–2, 24–30, 1360/1–18, 1362/1. 1–4: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1888,0516.8 BMC 316
2 2     P: 1965/1071 SNG 1787
3 3     Düsseldorf: Ls0090.04.37 Ziegler 819
4 4     CGT coll. = CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 299
5 5     CGT coll. = Savoca London Auction 5, 15 Mar. 2020, lot 338