RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 63000)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 63000)
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 radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TVRO MET
Edition col(onia) Turo(rum) Met(ropolis)
Translation Colony of the Tyrians, Metropolis
Reverse design Sacrifice to Melqarth-Hercules. Female figure wearing kalathos standing right, both hands raised above lighted altar before temple with two columns, seen in perspective, containing club of Hercules; to right, murex shell; (above altar, star)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.67 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 2536–2537
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1908,0110.1404 BMC 490
— —     P Babelon 2334
— —     NY: 1944.100.81961
— —     NY: 1944.100.81963 Rouvier 2539 with pl. IV.17
— —     CNG EA 375, 1 June 2016, lot 115
— —     CNG Triton XVI Sessions 1 & 2, 8 Jan. 2013, lot 741
— —     ✸ Künker eLive 37, 20 Oct. 2015, lot 274