RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 62959)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 62959)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) P(ublius) Lic(inius) Gallienus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TVRO METR
Edition col(onia) Turo(rum) Metr(opolis)
Translation Colony of the Tyrians, Metropolis
Reverse design trilobate aedicula with three levels and curved roofs; in centre bottom, small arched aediculum with single figure within; in third level, in centre, Victory crowns standing figure; caryatids support arches; to left, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.27 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference Rouvier —
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ B: 18258044, 1914/713 Price and Trell p. 281 no. 745 (and colour plate 329)
— —     CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 398
— —     CNG EA 566, 17 July 2024, lot 428
— —     Kovacs coll., ex Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland 20, 10 Oct. 2006, 918.1
— —     Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland 20, 10 Oct. 2006, 918.2