RPC IX, 2028

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
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)

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