RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 62994)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 62994)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AV
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TVRO METR, ΕΛΛΗΝΕϹ, ΚΑΔΜΟϹ
Reverse design Cadmus standing facing, head left, holding in right transverse spear and in left a papyrus roll which he offers to four Greeks in chlamydes facing him; at his feet, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 5, 6, 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1908,0110.1403 BMC 488
    NY: 1944.100.81958
    CGT coll.
    ✸ CNG EA 421, 30 May 2018, lot 473