RPC IX, 1988

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1988
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, ΔΙ-Δω
Edition col(onia) Tyro metro(polis) Διδώ
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis; Dido
Reverse design (Dido building Carthage) Dido standing left, holding rule and sceptre, in front a city gate; above the gate, a mason at work; below, a man to right digging with a pick; in field above, murex shell; on right palm tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 15.22 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference BMC 410–1
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 440
2 2     L: 1900,0707.234 BMC 441, pl. XXXIV.5, rev.
3 3     CNG EA 315, 20 Nov. 2013, lot 256