RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69690)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69690)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Tyre as a colony (after 198). Second issue
Obverse inscription M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG
Edition M(arcus) Aurel(ius) Antoninus Pius Aug(ustus)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pious Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription SEP TVRVS METRO COLONI
Edition Sep(timia) Tyrus Metro(polis) Coloni(a)
Translation Septimia Tyre metropolis colony
Reverse design Astarte, wearing turreted crown, standing facing, left foot on prow, right hand adorning trophy and holding sceptre in left, being crowned by Nike standing left on column at right; small figure of Marsyas of the Forum stands on left, carrying wineskin; murex shell on right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 23.68 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2311
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    NY: 1944.100.81779
    ✸ CNG EA 189, 11 June 2008, lot 126 (holed)
    CNG MBS 82, 16 Sept. 2009, lot 873