RPC IX, 2019

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2019
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL TYRO METRO, ΕΛΛΗ ΚΑΔ
Edition col(onia) Tyro metro(polis) Ἑλλη(νικοὶ) Κάδ(μος)
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis; the Greeks, Cadmus
Reverse design Cadmus standing left, holding tablet with the alphabets and sceptre, facing three Greeks, draped, standing right; between them, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.81 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18258030, I-B