RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69751)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69751)
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 and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription SEP TVRVS METR COLONI
Edition Sep(timia) Tyrus metr(opolis) coloni(a)
Translation Septimian Tyre, metropolis, colony
Reverse design Hercules standing left, with lion skin over forearm and holding club in left, pouring libation from patera in right hand over lighted altar; ambrosial stones above; at feet to left, murex
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 24.48 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 2313
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     P: Babelon 2198
— —     NY: 1944.100.81780
— —     ✸ V: GR 36399
— —     Sternberg 11, 20 Nov. 1981, lot 400