RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 62942)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 62942)
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL TVRO MET, ωΚΕΑΝΟϹ
Edition col(onia) Tyro met(ropolis) Ὠκεανός
Translation colony at Tyre, metropolis, Ocean
Reverse design Ocean reclining left, wearing crab’s claws on head, holding in left an oar and stretching out right toward Ambrosial Rocks from which water flows; in field, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.21 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 2517
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: G.4354 BMC 464
— —     ✸ H. Williams coll.