RPC IX, 1987

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1987
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 and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TYRO METRO, ΕΛΛΗ ΚΑΔ
Edition col(onia) Tyro metro(polis) Ἑλλη(νικοὶ) Κάδ(μος)
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis; the Greeks, Cadmus
Reverse design Cadmus standing left, holding tablet with the alphabet and sceptre, facing four Greeks, draped, standing right; between them, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.01 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 2468; Bab 2295
Specimens 2 (1 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     ✸ P: 2295 Bab 2295 = Rouvier 2468
2 2     CNG EA 424, 11 July 2018, lot 295 (Gallienus)