RPC VI, 8629 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8629 (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, draped 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 lion skin and club and patera before trophy of weapons; at his feet, two Ambrosial stones; behind him, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.97 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 2365
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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