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
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 METROP
Edition col(onia) Tyro metrop(olis)
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis
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
Average weight 13.26 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 2466
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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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)