RPC IX, 1978

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1978
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, ΑΚΤ, ΚΟΜ
Edition col(onia) Tyro metro(polis) Ἄκτ(ια) Κομ(μοδεία)
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis; the Actian Commodean games
Reverse design two inscribed agonistic crowns; between the crowns, club standing between two palms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.88 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 444
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1906,0712.128 BMC 444, pl. XXXIV.6, rev.
2 2     Beirut-AUB: 1518 Baramki 272
3 3     ✸ Baldwin’s, M&M, The New York Sale III, 7 Dec. 2000, lot 221