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| URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2018 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
| Volume | IX |
| Number | 2018 |
| 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 and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from front |
| 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 | 10.83 g |
| Axis | 1 |
| Reference | Rouvier 2482 |
| Specimens | 1 (1 in the core collections) |
| Note | For a similar reverse for Aegeae (with Alexander? instead of Kadmos), see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/5529 |
Specimens of this coin type
| Number | Obverse | Reverse | Museum | Bibliography |
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NY: 1944.100.81915 | Rouvier 2482 |
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