Æ27 - Valerian and Gallienus COL TVRO METR, ωΚΕΑΝΟϹ
Features
| Issuer |
Tyre
(Syria)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Valerian (Publius Licinius Valerianus) (253-260)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 253-260 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 12.45 g |
| Diameter | 27 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 525087 |
| References | RPC Online X# 62943 British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press (publisher). Roman Provincial Coinage / Volume 10. From Valerian to Diocletian (AD 253–297). British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press. |
Obverse
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear
Lettering: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AV
Unabridged legend: Imperator Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus Augustus
Translation: Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus Augustus
Reverse
Ocean reclining left, wearing crab’s claws on head, holding in left an oar and stretching out right toward Ambrosial Rocks from which water flows; in field, murex shell
Lettering: COL TVRO METR, ωΚΕΑΝΟϹ
Unabridged legend: colonia Tyro metropolis Ὠκεανός
Translation: colony at Tyre, metropolis, Ocean
Mint
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (253-260) | |||||||||||||||
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