RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 71859)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 71859)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C P [LIC GALL(?)[IENVS AVG]
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian or Gallienus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TVRO METR, ΙΕΡΙΑ ΑΜΒΡΟϹΙWΝ ΠΕΤΡWΝ
Edition colonia Tyro metropolis ἱερεία Ἀμβροσίων πετρῶν col(onia) Tyro metr(opolis) ἱερ<ε>ία Ἀμβροσίων πετρῶν
Translation colony at Tyre, metropolis, festival of the Ambrosian Stones
Reverse design Europa standing facing, holding rock in left, right hand on breast; to left, forepart of bull approaching out of water; to right, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.02 g
Axis 1, 7
Reference Rouvier 2507
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note As yet, the reading of the obv. legend is not clear.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ CNG Triton XVI Sessions 1 & 2, 8 Jan. 2013, lot 740
— —     CNG Triton XXIX Online Sessions, 21 Jan. 2026, lot 5604 (' IMP [C P LIC] GALL[IENVS AVG]')
— —     Leu EA 8, 29 June 2019, lot 842