RPC IX, 1952

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1952
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, with traces of drapery
Reverse inscription COL ΔAMAS METR
Edition col(onia) Δamas(cos) metr(opolis)
Translation the colony of Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design doe standing right, suckling infant Telephus seated left; in exergue, ram running, right, head left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.24 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference BMC 29
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1957/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: G.4148 BMC 29, pl. XXXV.5, rev.
2 2     B: 18259223, Löbb
3 3     Mu SNG 1025
4 4     NY: 1944.100.83725
5 5     CGT coll. = CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 66
6 6     Hirsch 237, 24 Nov. 2004, lot 889 = M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 696 = Hirsch 188, 22 Nov. 1995, lot 935
7 7     Rosenberger 56
8 8     H.I. coll. = Nimrod 6, 19 Apr. 2024, lot 221