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 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 Col(onia) Δamas(cos) Metro(polis) Ὀλυμπία Σεβασμία ἱε(ρὸς)
Translation the colony of Damascus, sacred metropolis; the Augustan Olympian (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

Number Number 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