RPC IX, 1964

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1964
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP GALLO VOLOSSIANO AVG
Edition Imperatori Gallo Volusiano Augusto Imp(eratori) Gallo Vol{o}<u>s{s}iano Aug(usto)
Translation to Emperor Gallus Volusianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Volusian, right, with traces of drapery
Reverse inscription COL ΔAMAS METRO, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ - ϹΕΒΑϹΜΙΑ (on crown), Ι Ε
Edition colonia Δamascus metropolis Ὀλύμπια Σεβάσμια ἱερά col(onia) Δamas(cus) metro(polis) Ὀλύμπια Σεβάσμια ἱε(ρά)
Translation the colony Damascus, metropolis; the Olympic games, the sacred Sebasmian games
Reverse design agonistic crown containing a palm and inscribed; below, ram’s head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.95 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference BMC 32
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–4: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1888,0512.1 BMC 32, pl. XXXV.8, rev.
2 2     P: 113
3 3     Bern: Righetti 2159
4 4     Rosenberger 58 corr.
5 5     CGT coll. = Naville EA 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 229