RPC VI, 8612 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8612 (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, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription TVRIORVM
Reverse design Dido standing facing, head left, wearing peplos, holding caduceus and aphlaston; before, small palm tree; behind, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Reference Rouvier 2374
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: B2230 Rouvier 2374