RPC IX, 1985

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1985
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 the Cendevian Marshes standing facing, head left, pouring sand over basin (for making glass), holding long reed; at feet, river god Belus swimming left; in the centre, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 15.10 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 914 (Righetti)