RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 62916)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 62916)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AV(G)
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) P(ublius) Lic(inius) Valerianus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TVRO ME(T)(R)(O)
Edition col(onia) Turo(rum) Metro(polis)
Translation Colony of the Tyrians, Metropolis
Reverse design Dido founding Carthage. She stands left holding rule in right and transverse sceptre in left, while to left a mason works atop the gate of a city; below, worker right digs with a pick; behind him, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.79 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 2502
Specimens 20 (10 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: G.4355 BMC 470
— —     P: 2014.41
— —     P: AA.GR.15276
— —     P Babelon 2316
— —     P Babelon 2317
— —     G SNG 3433
— —     NY: 1944.100.81940
— —     NY: 1961.154.332
— —     V: GR 22385
— —     V: GR 22386
— —     C. Rhodes coll.
— —     CNG EA 334, 3 Sept. 2014, lot 252
— —     CNG EA 337, 22 Oct. 2014, lot 271
— —     CNG EA 375, 1 June 2016, lot 114
— —     CNG EA 442, 17 Apr. 2019, lot 816
— —     ✸ CNG MBS 61, 25 Sept. 2002, lot 1064
— —     Lindgren 3.1479
— —     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 917
— —     M&M GmbH 32, 26 May 2010, lot 344
— —     R. Hoppensteadt coll.