RPC IX, 2007

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2007
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 portable shrine with carrying bars seen in perspective and containing cult statue (baetyl of Astarte); below, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 16.06 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.81913
2 2     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 912 (Righetti)
3 3     ✸ R. Hoppensteadt coll. = Leu EA 8, 29 June 2019, lot 841
4 4     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 3049