RPC VI, 8638 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8638 (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, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription TVRIORVM
Edition Tyriorum
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 11.51 g
Axis 5
Reference Rouvier 2388
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Rouvier 2388.2 = Mi V, 657
2 2     Rouvier 2388.3
3 3     ✸ P: B2244 Rouvier 2388.1
4 4     P: 835
5 5     CNG EA 511, 9 Mar. 2022, lot 261