RPC VI, 8638 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8638 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AV
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription TVRIORVM
Reverse design Pygmalion advancing, left, wearing chlamys and holding long sceptre; behind him, four stags running, right; above, star; below, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 5
Reference Rouvier 2388
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Rouvier 2388.2 = Mi V, 657
2 2     Rouvier 2388.3
3 3     ✸ P: B2244 Rouvier 2388.1
4 4     P: 835
5 5     CNG EA 511, 9 Mar. 2022, lot 261