RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69681)

 

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Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69681)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Julia Domna (Augusta)
Person (rev.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Tyre as a colony (after 198). First issue
Obverse inscription IVLIA AVGVSTA
Edition Iulia Augusta Iulia Augusta
Translation Julia Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Julia Domna, right
Reverse inscription SEP TV[RVS METR] COLONI, LEG III GAL
Edition Septimia Tyrus metropolis colonia legio III Gallica Sep(timia) Tyrus metr(opolis) coloni(a) leg(io) III Gal(lica)
Translation Septimian Tyre, metropolis, colony, third Gallic legion
Reverse design priest ploughing right with a team of yoked oxen; in background, vexillum inscribed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 26.61 g
Axis 5, 12
Reference Rouvier 2302; SNG Glasgow 3422
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ G SNG 3422
— —     NY: 1944.100.81771
— —     Teutoburger Münzhandlung 33, 9 Mar. 2007, lot 47
— —     VAuctions 328, 15 Dec. 2017, lot 365