RPC IX, 1961

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1961
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(CO) METRO, Ι-Ε, ϹΕΒΑϹΜΙΑ
Edition Col(onia) Δamasco(s) metro(polis) ἱε(ρά) Σεβάσμια
Translation the colony of Damascus, metropolis, holy (and) Augustan
Reverse design wreath; beneath, ram’s head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.39 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference BMC 31
Specimens 13 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4: same obv. die as 1953/1, 3, 6, 1958/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1859,1219.241 BMC 31, pl. XXXV.7, rev.
2 2     ✸ P: 106
3 3     P: 107
4 4     P: 107bis
5 5     B: 18259237, I-B
6 6     B: 18259236, Löbb
7 7     B: 18259235, Löbb
8 8     IMJ: 82.04295
9 9     CNG EA 170, 8 Aug. 2007, lot 182
10 10     CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 65
11 11     Lindgren III, A1260a
12 12     MünzZentrum 71, 3 June 1991, lot 545
13 13     Rosenberger 53