RPC IX, 1953

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1953
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C(I) VIB TREB GALLO AVG
Edition Imp(erator) C<a>i(us) Vib(ius) Treb(onianus) Gallo Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gallus, right, with traces of drapery
Reverse inscription COL ΔAMAS METRO
Edition col(onia) Damas(cus) Metro(polis)
Translation Colony Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design doe standing right, suckling infant Telephus seated left; in exergue, ram’s head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.56 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Lindgren I, 2152
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 6: same obv. die as 1958/1–3, 1961/1, 3–4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 99
2 2     NY: 1944.100.83741
3 3     Harvard: 1982.100.49
4 4     CNG EA 307, 24 July 2013, lot 199
5 5     ✸ CNG MBS 72, 14 June 2006, lot 1247
6 6     Lindgren I, 2152