RPC IX, 2124

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2124
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C C VOLVSSI(A)NVS P F AVG
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) G(aius) Volu{s}sianus P(ius) F(elix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Volusianus Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL P F AVG F C CAES MET(RO) (PR) (S) (P)(AL)
Edition col(onia) P(rima) F(lavia) Aug(usta) F(elix?) C(oncordia?) Caes(area) metro(polis) Pr(ovinciae) S(yriae) Pal(aestinae)
Translation the first Flavian colony of Augusta Felix(?) Concordia(?), Caesarea, metropolis of the province of Syria Palaestina
Reverse design altar with horns; behind it, two trees, a date palm on left and a olive tree on right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.97 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 12
Reference BMC 224, Kadman II 229–30
Specimens 24 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1897,0203.1 BMC 224, pl. V.4, rev.
2 2     ✸ P: 127
3 3     Bern: Righetti 2410
4 4     Bern: Righetti 2411
5 5     Haifa-MA: 1/44 Kadman II 156, p. 206, no. 63, pl. XIII (as Decius)
6 6     Haifa-MA: 3/25
7 7     J-MJA: 78.01/1992
8 8     J-MJA: 78.01/3163
9 9     J-MJA: 78/1559
10 10     J-MJA: 78/2119
11 11     IMJ Sofaer 177
12 12     IMJ Sofaer 178
13 13     IMJ: 78.02239
14 14     IMJ: 78.02240
15 15     J-SBF
16 16     St Petersburg
17 17     Tel Aviv
18 18     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 316
19 19     CNG EA 279, 16 May 2012, lot 185 = CNG MBS 82, 16 Sept. 2009, lot 882
20 20     Heritage 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, Shoshanna coll. part 2, lot 20376
21 21     Rauch 34, 14 Jan. 1985, lot 226
22 22     Rosenberger II, 188
23 23     Rosenberger II, 189
24 24     Sternberg 34, 22 Oct. 1998, lot 227