RPC VI, 8674


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8674 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	8674 (temporary)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Tyre
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue	Colonial issue
Obverse inscription	IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AVG
Edition	Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Au(relius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation	Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	SEPTIM TVRO (sic) COLO
Edition	Septim(ia) Turo colo(nia)
Translation	Septimian Tyre, colony
Reverse design	Astarte standing facing, turreted, holding long sceptre and resting on trophy on her right, crowned by Nike standing on small column, left, on her left; at her feet, to left, small Marsyas standing, right, carrying wineskin on shoulder and raising hand; to right, murex shell
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	29 mm
Average weight	17.63 g
Axis	5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference	BMC 390
Specimens	10 (7 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: 1847,1101.285	BMC 390	29.6	18.29	11		Show
2	2	P: 833		28.2	15.93		Chandon	Show
3	3 ✸	B: L1906		30	18.06	5		Show
4	4	NY: 1999.32.204		28	19.23	12		Show
5	5	NY: 1944.100.81826		30	19.12	5	Obv.: GIC 15 (Heracles (Melkarth), bust r.)	Show
6	6	NY: 1944.100.81825		30	18.24	11		Show
7	7	NY: 1944.100.81824		30	15.29	5		Show
8	8		CNG EA 259, 6 July 2011, lot 266	28	17.84	10	Obv.: GIC 15 (Heracles (Melkarth), bust r.)	Show
9	9		CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 390	31		6	Obv.: GIC 15 (Heracles (Melkarth), bust r.)	Show
10	10		Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 2208	30	16.71			Show