RPC IX, 1394

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1394
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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Καί(σαρα) Γ(άϊον) Οὐίβιον Τριβω(νιανὸν) Γάλλον Π(ατέρα) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως α μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow and arrow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 16.08 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Levante 1175
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 5: same pair of dies. 3–4: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 1390/1–4, 1393/1, 1396/1–5, 8–10, 1399/1–8, 1400/1, 1402/1–16, 1403/1–7, 1404/1, 1405/1, 1407/1–13, 1408/1–6, 1409/1–3, 1410/1–12. 1–2, 5: same rev. die as 1395/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ ArtCoins Roma 5, 14 May 2012, lot 712 = ArtCoins Roma 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 402 = Hirsch 224, 20 Nov. 2002, lot 838
2 2     Ayvagediği hoard 157
3 3     SNG Levante 1175
4 4     Tahberer 1683
5 5     Tahberer 1684