RPC VI, 8666 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8666 (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 and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription TVRIORVM
Edition Tyriorum
Translation of the Tyrians
Reverse design emperor(?) driving quadriga, left, raising hand, the horse on the right, looking back; above, star; in the exergue, murex shell and palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.26 g
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG EA 174, Oct. 2007, lot 161
2 2     ✸ Gemini, L VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 778