RPC IX, 1966

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1966
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP GALLO VOLOSSIANO AVG
Nominative Imperator Gallus Volusianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL ΔAMAS CO METRO
Reverse design Lycurgus (?), wearing Phrygian cap, advancing left, raising right hand and holding branch; vase at his feet, on left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Lindgren III, 126
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 5: same pair of dies.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.83743
2 2     ✸ V: GR 21888
3 3     Bern: Righetti 2158
4 4     CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 72
5 5     Lindgren III, 126