RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 71998)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 71998)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) P(ublius) Lic(inius) Gallienus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL TYRO MET
Edition Col(onia) Tyro(rum) Met(ropolis)
Translation Colony of Tyre, Metropolis
Reverse design Dido in galley left holding cornucopia in left (?) reaching down toward smaller figure; behind, a second figure reaching up to he; in ex., on either side of oars descending from the galley, two murex shells (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 5 mm
Average weight 12.91 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ Dorotheum May 2018 Coin Auction, 24 May 2018, lot 1323 = ibid. Nov. Coin Auction, 15 Nov. 2017, lot 1342