RPC IX, 1957

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1957
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C VIB TREB GALLO AVG
Edition Imperatori Caio Vibio Treboniano Gallo Augusto Imp(eratori) C(aio) Vib(io) Treb(oniano) Gallo Aug(usto)
Translation to Emperor Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gallus, right, with traces of drapery
Reverse inscription ΔAMA METRO, COL
Edition Δamascus metropolis colonia Δama(scus) metro(polis) col(onia)
Translation Damascus, metropolis, colony
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 25 mm
Average weight 10.27 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference BMC 30
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 1952/1. 1–3: same rev. die as 1956/1, 1970/1–2, 1970A/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1874,0715.398 BMC 30, pl. XXXV.6, rev.
2 2     P: 1213, Chandon
3 3     V: GR 21886
4 4     IMJ: 82.04308
5 5     Rosenberger 55