RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 94641)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 94641)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C P LIC GALL[IE]NVS AVG
Edition Imperator Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus Augustus 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] TVRO M[E]TR
Edition colonia Tyro Metropolis col(onia) Tyro Metr(opolis)
Translation colony of Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design club and two palms between two prize crowns; beneath, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.99 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note Callegher suggests that the crowns may have originally have been inscribed with the names of games (he suggests ΑΚΤ(ΙΑ), ΚΟΜ(ΟΔΕΙΑ), ΗΡΑ(ΚΛΙΑ) or ΟΛΥ(ΜΠΙΑ) as possibilities.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     Magdala excavations #99: B. Callegher, Coins and Economy in Magdala/Taricheae (Göttingen, 2023), pp. 72-3, 116
— —     ✸ Richard McAlee coll.