RPC IX, 1987

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TYRO METRO, ΕΛΛΗ ΚΑΔ
Reverse design Cadmus standing left, holding tablet with the alphabets and sceptre, facing four Greeks, draped, standing right; between them, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 2468; Bab 2295
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

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)