RPC VI, 8620 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8620 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AVG
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription SEPTIM TVR COL
Reverse design front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing facing, turreted, holding long sceptre and resting on trophy on her right, crowned by Nike standing on small column, left, on her left; in exergue, altar between palm tree and murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 5, 10, 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 2363–4
Specimens 12 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: B2228 Rouvier 2363.1
2 2     B: L1906
3 3     B: I-B1900
4 4     NY: 1938.94.55
5 5     NY: 1944.100.81803
6 6     CNG EA 239, 25 Aug. 2010, lot 411
7 7     ✸ CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 392
8 8     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1238
9 9     Numismatik Lanz München > Auction 100, Nov. 2000, 142
10 10     Rouvier 2363.2 = Mi V, 433, 647
11 11     Rouvier 2363.3
12 12     Rouvier 2364