RPC IX, 1948

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1948
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C(I) VIB TREB GALLO [AVG]
Edition Imp(erator) C<a>i(us) Vib(ius) Treb(onianus) Gallo Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gallus, right, with traces of drapery
Reverse inscription COL ΔAMAS METRO, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ - ϹΕΒΑϹΜΙΑ (on crown), Ι-Ε
Edition col(onia) Damas(cus) metro(polis) Ὀλυμπία Σεβασμία ἱε(ρά)
Translation of the colony of Damascus, sacred metropolis; the Augustan Olympian (games)
Reverse design agonistic crown containing a palm and inscribed; below, ram’s head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.12 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 12
Reference Lindgren III, 1260
Specimens 13 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 108
2 2     B: 18259228
3 3     C: Leake 1603
4 4     Cop SNG 427
5 5     ✸ NY: 1944.100.51959
6 6     NY: 1944.100.51960
7 7     V: GR 21884
8 8     Bankhaus Aufhäuser 4, 7–8 Oct. 1987, lot 432
9 9     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 228
10 10     CNG EA 234, 9 June 2010, lot 166
11 11     CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 64
12 12     Lindgren III, 1260
13 13     CGT coll. = VAuction 285, 2 Aug. 2012, lot 75