RPC VI, 8639 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8639 (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 Turiorum
Translation of the Tyrians
Reverse design serpent coiled around ovoid baetyl, head left; to left, murex shell; to right, palm tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.75 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.81853
2 2     Leeds-UL: 383
3 3     ✸ Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) January 2025 NYINC, 17 Jan. 2025, lot 36221