RPC IX, 1966

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1966
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL ΔAMASCO METRO
Edition col(onia) Δamasco(s) metro(polis)
Translation the colony of Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design Lycurgus (?), wearing Phrygian cap, advancing left, raising right hand and holding branch; vase at his feet, on left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 8.01 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Lindgren III, 126
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 5: same pair of dies.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.83743
2 2     ✸ V: GR 21888
3 3     Bern: Righetti 2158
4 4     CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 72
5 5     Lindgren III, 126