RPC IX, 1956

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1956
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔAMA METRO, COL
Edition Δama(scos) metro(polis) col(onia)
Translation the colony of Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design at left, horse standing right, foreleg raised; at right, bull standing left, foreleg raised; between them, cypress tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.32 g
Axis 1
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 1957/1–3, 1970/1–2, 1970A/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 105