RPC IX, 2045

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2045
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 radiate and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TYRO MET
Edition col(onia) Tyro met(ropolis)
Translation colony of Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design Harpocrates standing left, with right finger to lips, holding cornucopia; to left, lighted altar; to right, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.52 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2044/1.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 847, Chandon
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 534, 15 Mar. 2023, lot 413 = CNG EA 518, 15 June 2022, lot 354