RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 71975)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 71975)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AV
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) P(ublius) Lic(inius) Gallienus Au(gustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL TVRO METR
Edition col(onia) Turo(rum) Metr(opolis)
Translation Colony of the Tyrians, Metropolis
Reverse design Sacrifice to Melqarth-Hercules. Female figure wearing kalathos standing right, both hands raised above lighted altar before temple with two columns, seen in perspective, containing club of Hercules; to right, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 17.90 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ CNG EA 569, 28 Aug. 2024, lot 406 = CNG EA 289, 24 Oct. 2012, lot 250
— —     Richter Coll., ex JHE Auctions 8, 12 Nov. 2012, lot 85