RPC VI, 8630 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8630 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AV
Edition 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 TVRIORVM
Edition Tyriorum
Translation of the Tyrians
Reverse design Heracles-Melqart standing nude, left, holding lion skin and club and placing hand on trophy before him, crowned by Nike standing on small column behind him; at his feet, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.39 g
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 22358
2 2     ✸ M&M Deutschland 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 902