RPC IX, 2034

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2034
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C C [VIB VOLVSIANVS AVG]
Edition Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Volusianus Augustus 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 front
Reverse inscription [COL] TYRO [METRO?]
Edition colonia Tyro metropoli col(onia) Tyro metro(poli)
Translation at the colony Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design nude Pygmalion, standing left, head right, drapery over right arm, holding a spear and reins attached to four stags, right; at right, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 17.53 g
Axis 6
Reference Baramki 280
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The attribution of the figure to Pygmalion on the rev. is based on coins of Gordian III with a similar type and inscribed פיגמליון. See H. Gitler, G. Bijovsky, ‘The Coins of Pygmalion from Tyre, A Chronological Sequence from Elagabal to Gallienus’, NAC 2002, pp. 317-24, doubting the attribution of the above coin to Volusian and preferring Gordian III. See also Numismatic Circular, July 1997, pp. 199-201
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Beirut-AUB: 1526 Baramki 280, pl. XXXII.2