RPC IX, 1990

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1990
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 Dido standing right, raising arms; at feet, right, lighted altar; temple of Hercules at upper right, displaying club in doorway; beneath, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.08 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference Rouvier 2470; Bab 2293
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2293 Bab 2293, pl. XXXVII.28, rev. = Rouvier 2470
2 2     NY: 1944.100.81906
3 3     IMJ: 2002.127.15848