RPC IX, 1970A

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1970A
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 ΔAMA METRO, COL
Edition Δama(scos) metro(polis) col(onia)
Translation the colony of Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design at left, horse standing right, foreleg raised; at right, bull standing left, foreleg raised; between them, cypress tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.39 g
Axis 1
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 1956/1, 1957/1–3, 1970/1–2.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 231 = Dix, Noonan, Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5746