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Æ26 - Elagabalus SEP TVRO (sic) COLO

Features

Issuer Tyre (Syria)
Emperor Elagabalus (Sextus Varius Avitus Basianus) (218-222)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 218-222
Composition Bronze
Weight 10.21 g
Diameter 26 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
524856
References RPC Online VI# 8682
Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

Obverse

Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass decorated with Gorgoneio (?), seen from front

Lettering: IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AV

Unabridged legend: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus

Translation: Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus

Reverse

Marsyas standing, right, carrying wineskin on shoulder and raising hand towards palm tree; between them, star on murex shell

Lettering: SEP TVRO (sic) COLO

Unabridged legend: Septimia Tyro colonia

Translation: Septimian Tyre, colony

Mint

Tyre, Lebanon

Comments

Rouvier 2371

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