RPC IX, 2018

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2018
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C C VIB VOLVSIANVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) G(aius) Vib(ius) Volusianus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Gaius Vibius Volusianus, Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TYRO METRO
Edition col(onia) Tyro metro(polis)
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design Cadmus standing left, holding patera, spear and drapery; at feet, left, bull lying; at top, left, city gate of Thebes with towers; under the gate, ΘΗΒƐ; at right, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.83 g
Axis 1
Reference Rouvier 2482
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note For a similar reverse for Aegeae (with Alexander? instead of Kadmos), see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/5529
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.81915 Rouvier 2482