RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 72013)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 72013)
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 radiate and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TVRO MET(R)
Edition col(onia) Turo(rum) Metr(opolis)
Translation Colony of the Tyrians, Metropolis
Reverse design Cadmus advancing right holding chlamys in extended left and in raised right a stone which he is about to hurl at a serpent before him; to left or below, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.57 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 2530–2531
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     P Babelon 2339
— —     P Babelon 2340
— —     NY: 1944.100.81955 Rouvier 2531 with pl. IV.16
— —     CNG EA 158, 14 Feb. 2007, lot 185
— —     CNG EA 289, 24 Oct. 2012, lot 249
— —     ✸ CNG EA 421, 30 May 2018, lot 471