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RPC
IX, 2018
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2018
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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
Specimens of this coin type
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1
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NY: 1944.100.81915
Rouvier 2482
26
10.83
1
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