RPC IX, 2033

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2033
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C C VIB VOLVSIANVS AVG
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Volusianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TYRO METRO
Reverse design Mercury, nude to waist, standing left, holding papyrus roll and caduceus; at right, murex-shell over palm-tree; at left, ibis on cippus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 12
Reference BMC 448
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1900,0707.236 BMC 448
2 2     ✸ Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 1148 = Aufhäuser 8, 9–10 Oct. 1991, lot 545
3 3     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 913