RPC VI, 8665 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8665 (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 Dido standing left, holding short sceptre and aplustre, between two figures on deck of galley; figure on left emptying uncertain circular objects into sea; below, murex shell and palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 2377–9
Specimens 15 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1869,0706.2 BMC 410
2 2     NY: 1944.100.81102
3 3     P: B2246 Rouvier 2377.1
4 4     Rouvier 2377.2 = Mi V, 435, 660
5 5     NY: 0000.999.52752
6 6     NY: 1944.100.81850
7 7     B: F1873
8 8     Rouvier 2378
9 9     NY: 1944.100.81849
10 10     Rouvier 2379
11 11     Gorny & Mosch 233, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 2138
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     ✸ CNG EA 468, 20 May 2020, lot 198
14 14     CNG EA 426, 8 Aug. 2018, lot 396
15 15     C. Rhodes coll.