RPC VI, 8682 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8682 (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
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion(?), seen from front
Reverse inscription SEP TVRO (sic) COLO
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 26 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 2371
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: B2234 Rouvier 2371.1
2 2     Cop: 362
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     ✸ Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 1147
5 5     Rouvier 2371.2 = Mi V, 434, 630
6 6     Rouvier 2371.3 = Mi VIII S, 306, 326
7 7     Rouvier 2371.4