RPC IX, 2025

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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]
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Volusianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL TYRO METRO, ΕΥΡⲰ/ΠΗ ΙƐ/ΡΙΑ Α/ΜΒΡΟ/ϹΙⲰΝ
Reverse design Europa standing l., holding oval stone; at r., two ambrosial rocks; at l., forepart of bull, r.; below, murex shell
Metal Æ
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 7
Reference Rouvier 2471
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

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