RPC VI, 8601


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8601 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	8601 (temporary)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Tyre
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AV
Edition	Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Au(relius) Antoninus Au(gustus)
Translation	Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	TΥRIORΥM B, ΗΡΑΚΛΙΑ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ
Reverse design	agonistic crown with palm branch, inscribed, and star; below, murex shell
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	28 mm
Average weight	11.14 g
Axis	12
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)