RPC IX, 1428

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1428
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Augusta
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΓΛϹ = 233
Dating AD 252/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΟΥ ΤΡΙ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΑΝΩΝ ΕΤ ΓΛϹ
Reverse design Zeus standing, facing, head left, in quadriga of horses, raising hand, holding eagle-tipped sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Karbach, Augusta 116–8
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4, 6–7, 9, 13: same pair of dies. 1–7, 9–13: same obv. die as 1427/1–13.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1869,0707.1 BMC 13
2 2     B: 147/1914
3 3     ✸ V: GR 36340 Egger 46, 11 May 1914 (Prowe III), lot 2162
4 4     Istanbul: 15068 Karbach 116/1
5 5     Münster: M 1314 Karback 118
6 6     Winterthur: 6741
7 7     Gorny 84, 13 Oct. 1997, lot 5546
9 9     SNG Levante Supp. 306 = CNG EA 121, 24 Aug. 2005, lot 131 = Hirsch 171, 25 Sept. 1991, lot 1247
10 10     Lindgren III, 804
11 11     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 405
12 12     Tahberer 554
13 13     D. Lowe coll.
14 14     Private coll.