RPC IX, 1977

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1977
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C C VIBIVS TREBO GALLVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) G(aius) Vibius Trebo(nianus) Gallus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL TYRO METRO
Edition col(onia) Tyro metro(polis)
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design two athletes, half naked, raising table with two agonistic crowns each containing palms; beneath table, urn; in exergue, two murex shells
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.14 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 2478; Bab 2291–2
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2291 Bab 2291
2 2     P: 2292 Bab 2292, pl. XXXVII.27, rev. = ex Rouvier coll. = Rouvier 2478, pl. IV.6
3 3     Mu
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.52013