RPC VI, 8676


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Volume	VI
Number	8676 (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
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription	SEPTIM TVRO (sic) COLO
Reverse design	Astarte standing facing, turreted, holding long sceptre and resting on trophy on her r., crowned by Nike standing on small column, l., on her l.; at her feet, to l., small palm tree; to r., murex shell
Metal	Æ
Average diameter	30 mm
Average weight	18.26 g
Axis	5, 6, 11, 12
Reference	Rouvier 2348–9corr.
Specimens	14

Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
	NY: 1944.100.81820		30	18.32	6		Show
	Cop: 364		29	18.50	6		Show
		CNG EA 355, 15 July 2015, lot 340	29	14.35	12	Obv.: GIC 15 (Heracles (Melkarth), bust r.)	Show
		Rouvier 2349	30	18.25		Rouvier Coll.	Show
	Beirut-AUB	Rouvier 2348.3				Obv.: GIC 15 (Heracles (Melkarth), bust r.)	Show
		Rouvier 2348.2 = Mi V, 432, 640				Obv.: GIC 15 (Heracles (Melkarth), bust r.)	Show
	L: 1909,0304.18	BMC 389	31	17.04	12		Show
	L: BMC 388	BMC 388	29	20.57	5		Show
	NY: 1961.154.337		32	20.79	5		Show
	P: B2219	Rouvier 2348.1	29	15.88		Obv.: GIC 15 (Heracles (Melkarth), bust r.)	Show
✸		CNG EA 325, 23 Apr. 2014, lot 452	30	20.80	11		Show
	B: L1906		30	16.60	5	Obv.: GIC 15 (Heracles (Melkarth), bust r.)	Show
		CGT coll. = VAuction 314, 10 Dec. 2014, lot 176	29	18.04	12		Show
		CGT coll. = CNG Auction 307, 24 July 2013, lot 221	27	19.93	12		Show