RPC VI, 8617 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8617 (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 front
Reverse inscription TVRIORVM
Edition Tyriorum Tyriorum
Translation of the Tyrians
Reverse design Dionysus standing nude, left, on galley, right, holding long thyrsus and placing hand on trophy of weapons, under which two captives are seating back to back, with hands tied behind their back; between him and the trophy, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.60 g
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Gemini, L VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 779
2 2     P. Matos coll.