RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 62963)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 62963)
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, draped 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 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; star above, murex shell below
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 15.67 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 2534
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     NY: 1944.100.81959 ex Rouvier
— —     ✸ CNG EA 421, 30 May 2018, lot 472