RPC VI, 8606 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8606 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AV(G)
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription TVRIORVM
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 palm tree; to right, or in the exergue, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 2350corr., 2354, 2356
Specimens 22 (14 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1907,1102.24 BMC 399
2 2     L: 1908,0110.1385 BMC 400
3 3     P: 831
4 4     P: 832
5 5     P: DelP 6813
6 6     P: B2223 Rouvier 2350.12
7 7     P: B2224 Rouvier 2354.1
8 8     P: B2226 Rouvier 2356
9 9     B: L1906
10 10     NY: 1944.100.82034
11 11     NY: 1944.100.81821
12 12     NY: 1944.100.82031
13 13     NY: 0000.999.52751
14 14     NY: 1944.100.81836
15 15     CNG EA 205, 25 Feb. 2009, lot 334
16 16     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 261
17 17     CNG EA 217, 26 Aug. 2009, lot 316
18 18     ✸ CNG EA 307, 24 July 2013, lot 220
19 19     M&M Deutschland 32, 26 May 2010, lot 334
20 20     Roma Numismatics L 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2367
21 21     Rouvier 2354.3
22 22     Rouvier 2354.4