RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 62918)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 62918)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) P(ublius) Lic(inius) Valerianus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TYRO - METR
Edition col(onia) Tyro metr(opolis)
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design Astarte standing left, left foot on prow, between Marsyas on left and crowning Victory on column and murex shell on right; beneath ground line, four Tychai staning either side of an altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.68 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     B: 18273428, Löbb.
— —     NY: 1944.100.81923
— —     Bern SNG Righetti 2358
— —     CNG EA 160, 14 Mar. 2007, lot 239
— —     CNG EA 265, 5 Oct. 2011, lot 281
— —     ✸ CNG EA 421, 30 May 2018, lot 469 = CNG EA 382, 7 Sept. 2016, lot 272