RPC — Type: 62981


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/62981 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	X
Number	— (unassigned; ID 62981)
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 rear
Reverse inscription	COL TVRO METR
Edition	col(onia) Turo(rum) Metr(opolis)
Translation	Colony of the Tyrians, Metropolis
Reverse design	Hermes-Thoth standing front head left holding papyrus roll in right and caduceus in left; on left, ibis left; on right, palm tree; in right field, murex shell
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	28 mm
Average weight	12.72 g
Axis	6, 11, 12
Specimens	5 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
—	— ✸	NY: 1944.100.81962		28.3	18.02	12	Show
—	—	NY: 1945.68.7		28.2	12.92	12	Show
—	—	Bern	SNG Righetti 2356	29	4.08	6	Show
—	—	Bern	SNG Righetti 2357	27	17.86	11	Show
—	—		C. Rhodes coll.	27	10.72	12	Show