RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 62965)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 62965)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AV
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) P(ublius) Lic(inius) Gallienus Au(gustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TVRO METR, 𐤐𐤂𐤌𐤋𐤉𐤅𐤍
Edition col(onia) Tyro metr(opolis) 𐤐𐤂𐤌𐤋𐤉𐤅𐤍
Translation colony at Tyre, metropolis; Pygmalion
Reverse design Pygmalion standing facing, head left, holding square object (chlamys?) and transverse sceptre in left, with four stags running right; above, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.63 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 2548
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     P: Y 28596.19
— —     NY: 1944.100.81979
— —     ✸ IMJ: 2001.69.15614 H. Gitler and G. Bijovsky, ‘The Coins of Pygmalion from Tyre. A Chronological Sequence from Elagabal to Gallienus’, NAC 2002, pp. 317–24, pl. I.1
— —     CNG EA 277, 11 Apr. 2012, lot 158
— —     CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 397
— —     Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 785