RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 62888)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 62888)
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 METR, Ν Γ
Edition col(onia) Tyro metr(opolis) Ν Γ
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis, Ν— Γ—
Reverse design female figure (Dido?) standing facing, head left, holding branch in extended right; to left, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average weight 16.48 g
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note A similar type, also with Ν Γ, occurs for Gordian (RPC VII, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/26696) and Philip (RPC VIII, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/6462), although there the female figure is accompanied, respectively, by a palm tree and a prow. On the similar piece for Salonina (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/63032), both Ν Γ and Γ Ν occur.
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