RPC VI, 8636 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8636 (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, ΑΜΒΡΟСΙС, ΠΑΕΤΡΕ
Reverse design olive tree between two conical baetyl stones (Ambrosial rocks), each inscribed; in the exergue, dog, right, and murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 2391
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: B2241 Rouvier 2391.1
2 2     B: 1912/470
3 3     O
4 4     CNG EA 307, 24 July 2013, lot 224
5 5     CNG Triton XVI, 8 Jan. 2013, lot 739
6 6     ✸ Numismatica Ars Classi 84, 20 May 2015, lot 1979
7 7     Rouvier 2391.2 = Mi V, 435, 659