RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 63021)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 63021)
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 radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TVRO MET, ωΚΕΑΝΟϹ
Reverse design Ocean reclining left, wearing crab’s claws on head, holding in left an oar and stretching out right toward Ambrosial Rocks from which water flows; in field, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 11
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: Louis de Clercq 409
    ✸ NY: 1944.100.81972