RPC IX, 601

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 601
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Colophon
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Kallistos (strategos and priest of the Ionians)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΟΥΟΛΟΥϹΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Οὐίβ(ιος) Οὐολουσιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Vibius Volusianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΚΛ ΚΑΛΛΙϹΤΟΥ ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Κλ(αυδίου) Καλλίστου Κολοφωνίων
Translation under strategos Claudius Kallistos, of the Colophonians
Reverse design Apollo (Klarios) seated left, holding branch and lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.47 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Milne 259
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 5–7, 9: same pair of dies. 4, 8: same pair of dies. 1–9: same obv. die as 599/1–5, 602/1, 603/1, 762/1–2 (Neapolis ad Harpasum), 763/1–2 (Neapolis ad Harpasum).
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 341 Wa 1506
2 2     B: 322/1882
3 3     C McClean 8058, pl. 277.19 = J. Hirsch 21, 16 Nov. 1908, lot 2775/2
4 4     G SNG 1667
5 5     NY: 1971.279.21
6 6     V: GR 17089
7 7     CNG EA 260, 20 July 2011, lot 404
8 8     ✸ CNG EA 266, 19 Oct. 2011, lot 236
9 9     CGT coll.