RPC VI, 8631 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8631 (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, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription TΥRIORΥM B, ΗΡΑΚΛΙΑ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ ΙϹΑ[ΠΕΙϹΑΙ...?]
Reverse design inscribed agonistic crown with palm branch; below, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1900,0707.260 BMC 414
2 2     NY: 1944.100.52003
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 362, 28 Oct. 2015, lot 303
5 5     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 901