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IX, 2023
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2023
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Volume
IX
Number
2023
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 front
Reverse inscription
COL TYRO METRO
Edition
col(onia) Tyro metro(polis)
Translation
the colony of Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design
nude Diomedes standing left, holding palladium and spear, right foot on prow of ship; at left, murex; at right, palm tree
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
27 mm
Average weight
16.42 g
Axis
12
Reference
Rouvier 2485
Specimens
1 (1 in the core collections)
Correction
Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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P: 2300
Bab 2300, pl. XXXVIII.4, rev.
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