RPC VI, 8676


Image of specimen #11

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8676 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	8676 (temporary)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Tyre
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue	Colonial issue
Obverse inscription	IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AVG
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	SEPTIM TVRO (sic) COLO
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, murex shell
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	30 mm
Axis	5, 6, 11, 12
Reference	Rouvier 2348–9corr.
Specimens	18 (8 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: BMC 388	BMC 388	29	20.57	5		Show
2	2	L: 1909,0304.18	BMC 389	31	17.04	12		Show
3	3	P: B2219	Rouvier 2348.1	29	15.88		Obv.: GIC 15 (Heracles (Melkarth), bust r.)	Show
4	4	B: L1906		30	16.60	5	Obv.: GIC 15 (Heracles (Melkarth), bust r.)	Show
5	5	Cop: 364		29	18.50	6		Show
6	6	NY: 1961.154.337		32	20.79	5		Show
7	7	NY: 1944.100.81820		30	18.32	6		Show
7	7	C		29	15.47	6		Show
8	8	Beirut-AUB	Rouvier 2348.3				Obv.: GIC 15 (Heracles (Melkarth), bust r.)	Show
10	10		CGT coll. = VAuction 314, 10 Dec. 2014, lot 176	29	18.04	12		Show
11	11 ✸		CNG EA 325, 23 Apr. 2014, lot 452	30	20.80	11		Show
12	12		CNG EA 355, 15 July 2015, lot 340	29	14.35	12	Obv.: GIC 15 (Heracles (Melkarth), bust r.)	Show
13	13		Rouvier 2348.2 = Mi V, 432, 640				Obv.: GIC 15 (Heracles (Melkarth), bust r.)	Show
14	14		Rouvier 2349	30	18.25		Rouvier Coll.	Show
15	15	Boston: 64.567		32	22.82	11	Obv.: GIC 15 (Heracles (Melkarth), bust r.)	Show
16	16		Naumann 120, 2 Sep. 2022, lot 460	30	17.24		Obv.: GIC 15 (Heracles (Melkarth), bust r.)	Show
17	17		Naville Numismatics 52, 22 Sep. 2019, lot 244	29	18.90		Obv.: GIC 15 (Heracles (Melkarth), bust r.)	Show
18	18		Savoca Monthly London Auction 4, 12 Jan. 2020, lot 561	29	21.59		Obv.: GIC 15 (Heracles (Melkarth), bust r.)	Show