RPC VI, 8658 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8658 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Aquilia Severa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription IVL AQVILIA SEVERA AVG
Edition Iul(ia) Aquilia Severa Aug(usta)
Translation Julia Aquilia Severa Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Aquilia Severa, right
Reverse inscription TΥRIORΥM, ΗΡΑΚΛΙΑ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ (sometimes retrograde)
Reverse design inscribed agonistic crown with palm branch; below, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.44 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 2404
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.52006
2 2     V: GR 22370
3 3     Beirut-AUB: C1498 418
4 4     Agora Auctions Numismatic 63, 20 Dec. 2016, lot 145
5 5     CNG EA 307, 24 July 2013, lot 227 ('Maesa')
6 6     ✸ Leu EA 11, 22 Feb. 2020, lot 1518
7 7     Leu EA 6, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 716
8 8     Lindgren I, 2381
9 9     Roma Numismatics EA 65, 19 Dec. 2019, lot 626
10 10     Rouvier 2404.2
11 11     Rouvier 2404.2 = Mi V, 436, 668