RPC IX, 2002

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2002
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
Edition col(onia) Tyro metro(polis)
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design Hercules standing right, holding on club, skin of lion on shoulder; Apollo standing left, holding lyre; their arms on each other’s shoulders; between, murex shell; on the left, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 15.57 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 2465
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 439, pl. XXXIV.4, rev.
2 2     L: 1908,0110.1616
3 3     NY: 1944.100.81907 Rouvier 2465
4 4     ✸ IMJ: 82.04068
5 5     Lindgren I, 2389