RPC IX, 1950


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1950 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IX
Number	1950
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Syria
City	Damascus
Reign	Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.)	Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMP C VIB TREB GALLO AVG
Edition	Imp(eratori) C(aio) Vib(io) Treb(oniano) Gallo Aug(usto)
Translation	to Emperor Caius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate head of Gallus, right
Reverse inscription	COL ΔAMASCO METRO
Edition	col(onia) Damascu(s) metro(polis)
Translation	the colony of Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design	naked Ambrosia standing right, holding two vines, her feet growing from the earth
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	10.82 g
Axis	1, 12
Specimens	6 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links	1–2: same pair of dies. 5–6: same pair of dies. 1–2, 5–6: same rev. die as 1949/1–2, 1965A/1.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	P: 101		25	9.30	12	Show
2	2	P: 1212, Chandon		25	12.98	1	Show
3	3	B: 18259220, Löbb		24	8.26	12	Show
4	4	B: 18259215, Löbb		24	10.44	12	Show
5	5	NY: 1944.100.83590		24	10.90	12	Show
6	6		CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 229	24	13.04	1	Show