In the Quest for 3rd century emperors..Volusian..

Nice coins, everybody.

I got a couple of Volusians from Samaria - these were difficult to attribute because the titles were the similar to those of Trebonianus Gallus (and I have no idea what I am doing with Provincials, so there's a lot of fumbling around - corrections always welcome):


Volusian Æ 22
(251-253 A.D.)
Samaria, Neapolis
AVT KAI Γ [OVI TPEBOVOΛOV]CIAN Radiate, cuirassed bust right / ΦΛ NEACΠOΛEWC Eagle standing left, supporting Mt. Gerizim with temple, altar, stairway, colonnade below; star & crescent left & right above.
(11.65 grams / 22 mm)

Attribution / Die Match (?)
Gemini, LLC Auction VI Lot 742 appears to be a reverse die match: "Harl, Museum Notes 29, 1984, pl. 14, 146 (same obv. die A33, new rev. die same type).
SNG ANS 1031 (same obverse die, misattributed to Treb. Gallus).
Ex Dr. Stephen Gerson Collect."
RPC 2161 uses this specimen for this type. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2161

Volusian Æ 20
(251-253 A.D.)
Samaria, Neapolis
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡΙΒΟΥΟΛΟ[ΥϹΙΑΝΟϹ], radiate, cuirassed bust right / ΦΛ [NƐACΠ]OΛEWC, Mt. Gerizim with temple, altar, stairway, colonnade below.
RPC 2166; Harl 149; SNG 1041.
(6.85 grams / 20 x 18 mm)

Here's an Imperial antoninianus I got late last year:



Volusian Antoninianus
(251-253 A.D.)
Rome Mint
IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS AVGG Virtus standing, head left, holding shield and spear.
RIC 186; RSC 135; Sear 9778.
(3.65 grams / 20 mm)

 

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