RPC VI, 8637 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8637 (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 with Gorgon's head, seen from front
Reverse inscription TVRIORVM
Edition Turiorum
Translation of the Tyrians
Reverse design Pygmalion advancing, left, wearing chlamys and holding long sceptre; behind him, four stags running, right; above, star; below, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.25 g
Axis 4, 5, 11
Reference BMC 408
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1388 BMC 408
2 2     P: M4764
3 3     B: L1906
4 4     NY: 1944.100.81852
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CNG > Electronic Auction 307, July 2013, 223
7 7     M&M Deutschland 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 899
8 8     CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 629
9 9     ✸ CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 629