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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Volusianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL TYRO METRO, ΕΛΛΗ ΚΑΔ
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
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18258030, I-B