RPC IX, 2025

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2025
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [IMP] C C VIB VOLVS[IANVS 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, ΕΥΡω/ΠΗ ΙΕ/ΡΙΑ Α/ΜΒΡΟ/ϹΙωΝ
Edition col(onia) Tyro metro(polis) Εὐρώπη ἱερία ἀμβροσίων
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis; Europa; the festival of the Ambrosian (Rocks)
Reverse design Europa standing left, holding oval stone; at right, two ambrosial rocks; at left, forepart of bull, right; below, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 16.77 g
Axis 7
Reference Rouvier 2471
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.81910 ex Rouvier coll. = Rouvier 2471, pl. IV.5