RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 98801)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 98801)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [IMP] C P LIC VA[LERIANVS AVG]
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TYRO ME
Edition colonia Tyro metropolis col(onia) Tyro me(tropolis)
Translation colony at Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design Dido holding cornucopia in left (?) reaching down toward smaller figure; behind, a second figure reaching up to her. In ex., on either side of oars descending from the galley, two murex shells (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.87 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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— —     ✸ Alexandre Perrier coll.