RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 62887)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 62887)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AV
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) P(ublius) Lic(inius) Valerianus Au(gustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TYRO ME
Edition col(onia) Tyro(s) me(tropolis)
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design Dido holding cornucopia in left (?) reaching down toward smaller figure; behind, a second figure reaching up to her. In ex., on either side of oars descending from the galley, two murex shells (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.38 g
Axis 1
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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— —     ✸ NY: 1944.100.81941 ex Rouvier