Maroneia, Trebonianus Gallus, 4 unit — Hexastyle temple with three pediments (CN type 1346)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 251–253
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Maroneia in Thrace under Trebonianus Gallus, dated AD 251–253. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 1346 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate bust of Trebonianus Gallus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑVΤ ΒΙΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ. Reverse: Hexastyle temple with three pediments; within Dionysus standing left, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsus; on the middle pediment, shield. Legend: ΜΑΡΩΝΕΙΤΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 11.05 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 25 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Amandry et al., RPC IX: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. IX: From Trajan Decius to Uranius Antonius (Ad 249-254), London: Paris 2016, p. 80, nr. 156; Linked type corpus, RPC IX, 156.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 2
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 2
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 25 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.05 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Maroneia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Trebonianus Gallus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Trebonianus Gallus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Hexastyle temple with three pediments; within Dionysus standing left, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsus; on the middle pediment, shield.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΒΙΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΑΡΩΝΕΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1346
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1346
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 80, nr. 156
- external concordanceRPC IX, 156
Research required
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