RPC IX, 1969

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1969
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL ΔAMA METR
Edition colonia Δamasco metropoli col(onia) Δama(sco) metr(opoli)
Translation in the colony of Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design two eagles facing, each head turned back and holding a ribbon in beak; between, them, vexillum inscribed [VI F]
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.02 g
Axis 1
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.83742
2 2     ✸ V: GR 21887
3 3     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 232 = Dix, Noonan, Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5747