RPC VI, 8670 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8670 (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 clasped hands; in the background, palm tree; below, two murex shells
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.04 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 2389
Specimens 10 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1973.205
2 2     P: 625
3 3     P: B2250 Rouvier 2389.1
4 4     ✸ B: I-B1900
5 5     NY: 1944.100.81856
6 6     NY: 1944.100.81855
7 7     CNG EA 307, 24 July 2013, lot 226
8 8     Naville Numismatics 17, 13 Sept. 2015, lot 345
9 9     Naville Numismatics 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 268
10 10     Rouvier 2389.2