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
Edition 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
Translation of the Tyrians
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
Average weight 13.20 g
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