RPC VI, 8640 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

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
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription TVRIORVM
Reverse design serpent coiled around ovoid baetyl, head head left; to left, palm tree; to right, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 2390
Specimens 12 (5 in the core collections)

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