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
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus 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 rear
Reverse inscription TΥRIORΥM B, ΗΡΑΚΛΙΑ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ ΙϹΑ[ΠΕΙϹΑΙ...?]
Edition Tyriorum Β Ἡρακλία Ὀλύμπια ΙΣΑΠΕΙΣΑΙ Tyriorum Β Ἡρακλία Ὀλύμπια ΙΣΑΠΕΙΣΑΙ
Translation of the Tyrians, B(?) Heraclean, Olympian (games), isapeisai(?)
Reverse design inscribed agonistic crown with palm branch; below, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.39 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1900,0707.227 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