RPC IX, 2038

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2038
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TYRO METR
Edition col(onia) Tyro metr(opolis)
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design olive tree between two ambrosial rocks; in exergue, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 15.73 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 2487; Bab 2302
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2302 Bab 2302
2 2     NY: 1944.100.81917 Rouvier 2487, pl. IV.8
3 3     IMJ: 71.00688