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Image of specimen #2 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2033 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IX |
Number | 2033 |
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 | Mercury, nude to waist, standing left, holding papyrus roll and caduceus; at right, murex-shell over palm-tree; at left, ibis on cippus |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 28 mm |
Average weight | 16.88 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | BMC 448 |
Specimens | 3 (1 in the core collections) |