RPC IX, 2004

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2004
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 METROP
Reverse design Mercury, nude to waist, standing left, holding papyrus roll and caduceus; at right, murex-shell over palm-tree; at left, ibis on cippus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 2466
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     NY: 1944.100.81908
3 3     Beirut-AUB: 1519 Baramki 273
4 4     ✸ M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 913 (Righetti)