RPC IX, 1958

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1958
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, ΧΡΥϹΟΡΑ
Edition col(onia) Damas(cos) metro(polis) Χρυσορ(ρό)α(ς)
Translation the colony of Damascus, metropolis; Chrysoroas
Reverse design river god (Chrysoroas) reclining left, holding three ears of corn and cornucopia, resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.22 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 1953/1, 3, 6, 1961/1, 3–4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0101.2398
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.83738
3 3     Peus 366, 25 Oct. 2000, lot 135