RPC VI, 8628 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8628 (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 front
Reverse inscription TVRIORVM
Reverse design Heracles-Melqart standing nude, left, holding club and placing hand on trophy before him, crowned by Nike standing on small column behind him; at his feet, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG Triton XX, 10 Jan. 2017, lot 469