RPC VI, 8675 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8675 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Colonial issue
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AV(G)
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Au(relius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription SEPTIM TVRO (sic) COLO
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 15.61 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 2357–9
Specimens 18 (11 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1382 BMC 391
2 2     L: 1838,0921.138 BMC 392
3 3     P: 834
4 4     P: B2217 Rouvier 2357.2
5 5     P: B2218 Rouvier 2358.1
6 6     B
8 8     NY: 1944.100.82027
9 9     NY: 1999.32.201
10 10     NY: 0000.999.52570
11 11     O
12 12     V: GR 22364
13 13     ✸ CNG EA 217, 26 Aug. 2009, lot 317
14 14     Rouvier 2357.3
15 15     Rouvier 2357.4 (de Moustiers 2256)
16 16     Rouvier 2357.5
17 17     Rouvier 2357.6 = Mi V, 432, 640
18 18     Rouvier 2357.7
19 19     Rouvier 2358.2