RPC VI, 8681


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8681 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	8681 (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
Edition	Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus 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	SEP TVRO (sic) COLO
Edition	Septimia Tyro colonia Sep(timia) Tyro colo(nia)
Translation	Septimian Tyre, colony
Reverse design	Marsyas standing, right, carrying wineskin on shoulder and raising hand towards palm tree; between them, star on murex shell
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Average weight	8.78 g
Axis	11, 12
Specimens	4 (2 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	P: 836		24.8	10.12		Chandon	Show
2	2		Franke coll.	25.2	8.90	12	obv. bust draped?	Show
3	3	Cop: SNG 363		23	6.77		Obv.: GIC 399 (club betweeen T and V)	Show
4	4		Aphrodite Art Coins G13, 3 Aug. 2025, lot 392	25.3	9.34	11		Show