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Image of specimen #4 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2028 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IX |
Number | 2028 |
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 and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from front |
Reverse inscription | COL TYRO METRO |
Edition | col(onia) Tyro metro(poli) |
Translation | at the colony Tyre, metropolis |
Reverse design | Fortuna-Astarte standing facing, raising right arm on trophy and holding sceptre, left foot on rock; to right, Victory standing on column, left, crowning Fortuna-Astarte; at feet, murex shell and a small statue of Marsyas, carrying wineskin over shoulder, and sometimes ambrosial rock |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 27 mm |
Average weight | 16.96 g |
Axis | 6, 12 |
Reference | Rouvier 2480 |
Specimens | 5 (5 in the core collections) |