RPC VI, 8603 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8603 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AV
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription TΥRIORΥM B(?), ΗΡΑΚΛΙΑ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ
Reverse design agonistic crown with palm branch, inscribed; below, murex shell and uncertain object
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.52004
2 2     ✸ Roma Numismatics E-Live 3, 25 Oct. 2018, lot 530