RPC VI, 8640 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8640 (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 Turiorum
Translation of the Tyrians
Reverse design serpent coiled around ovoid baetyl, head left; to left, palm tree; to right, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.79 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2390
Specimens 12 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.621 BMC 413
2 2     P: B2240 Rouvier 2390.1
3 3     B: L1906
4 4     NY: 1944.100.81854
5 5     ✸ V: GR 37648
6 6     CNG EA 174, 10 Oct. 2007, lot 162
7 7     CNG EA 213, 1 July 2009, lot 339
8 8     Lindgren I, 2380
9 9     Münzzentrum Rheinland 188, 20 Mar. 2019, lot 120
10 10     Rouvier 2390.2
11 11     Rouvier 2390.3
12 12     Rouvier 2390.4