RPC IX, 1949

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1949
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C VIB TREB GALLO AVG
Edition Imp(eratori) C(aio) Vib(io) Treb(oniano) Gallo Aug(usto)
Translation to Emperor Caius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL ΔAMACO METRO
Edition Col(onia) Δama<s>c(os) Metro(polis)
Translation the colony of Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design naked Ambrosia standing right, holding two vines, her feet growing from the earth
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.31 g
Axis 1
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die as 1950/1–2, 5–6, 1965A/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 102
2 2     P: 261, Vogüé