RPC IX, 2022

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2022
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(polis)
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design Dido standing right, raising arms; at feet, right, lighted altar; temple of Hercules at upper right, displaying club in doorway; beneath, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 17.25 g
Axis 6
Reference Rouvier 2483
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     ✸ G SNG 3428