RPC VI, 8603 (temporary)

 

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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
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Au(relius) Antoninus Au(gustus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription TΥRIORΥM B, ΗΡΑΚΛΙΑ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ
Edition Tyriorum Β Ἡρακλία Ὀλύμπια Tyriorum Β Ἡρακλία Ὀλύμπια
Translation of the Tyrians, B(?) Heraclean, Olympian (games)
Reverse design agonistic crown with palm branch, inscribed; below, murex shell and uncertain object
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.97 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.52004
2 2     ✸ Aphrodite Art Coins G12, 20 July 2025, lot 520 = Roma Numismatics E-Live 3, 25 Oct. 2018, lot 530
3 3     Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 226
4 4     R. McAlee coll.