RPC IX, 1986

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1986
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C C VIBIVS TREBO GALLVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) G(aius) Vibius Trebo(nianus) Gallus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL TYRO METRO
Edition col(onia) Tyro metro(poli)
Translation at the colony Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design Cadmus standing left, holding patera, spear and drapery; at feet, left, bull lying; at top, left, city gate of Thebes with towers; under the gate, ΘΗΒƐ; at right, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 15.98 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2469
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note For a similar reverse for Aegeae, see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/5529
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