RPC IX, 1963A

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1963A
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Volusian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP GALLO VOLOSSIANO AVG
Edition Imp(eratori) Gallo Vol{o}<u>s{s}iano Aug(usto)
Translation to Emperor Gallus Volusianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL ΔAMAS METRO, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ - ϹΕΒΑϹΜΙΑ (on crown), Ι Ε
Edition Col(onia) Δamas(cos) Metro(polis) Ὀλυμπία Σεβασμία ἱε(ρὸς)
Translation the colony of Damascus, sacred metropolis; the Augustan Olympian (games)
Reverse design agonistic crown containing a palm and inscribed; below, ram’s head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.34 g
Axis 1
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same pair of dies as 1963/3.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 112