RPC VI, 8632 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8632 (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 bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion, seen from front
Reverse inscription TVRIORVM
Edition Tyriorum
Translation of the Tyrians
Reverse design Neptune(?) standing facing, head left, placing foot on prow, holding trident and aphlaston; behind him, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.23 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.81845