RPC VI, 8619 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8619 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription TVRIORVM
Edition Tyriorum Tyriorum
Translation of the Tyrians
Reverse design emperor(?) driving quadriga, left, raising hand, the horse on the right, looking back; above, star; in the exergue, murex shell and palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.64 g
Axis 4, 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 2387
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1900,0707.225 BMC 412
2 2     NY: 1944.100.81851
3 3     P: B2243 Rouvier 2387.2
4 4     Rouvier 2387.4
5 5     NY: 1944.100.81852
6 6     Rouvier 2387.3 = Mi V, 435, 658
7 7     P: B2242 Rouvier 2387.1
8 8     ✸ Berner Coll.