Attribution(s) | Obverse | Reverse | Image |
Provincial: Tyre in Phoenicia | |||
cf BMC 487 (Gallienus) Æ29 | [IMP C P LIC] VALERIANVS AVG | [...] | |
Laureate cuirassed bust right | Kadmos stands left, heifer at his feet and above is the city gate of Thebes, ΘH / BE below, murex shell in right field. | ||
BMC 465 Æ29 | IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AV | COL TVRO MET | |
Radiate draped cuirassed bust right | River-god or lake-god, nude to the waist, standing left, holding long-leafed plant right, hand on cuirass? left, murex shell in left field. | ||
cf. Lindgren & Kovacs 2399 Æ29 | IMP C P LIC VAL[...] AVG | COL TVR[...] | |
Laureate cuirassed bust right | Roma seated left, holding Nike left and scepter right. Murex shell in extreme right field. | ||
unknown Æ29 | IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG | COL TVRO METR | |
Laureate cuirassed bust right | Dido standing right worshipping before shrine, altar below, murex shell at right. | ||
Lindgren & Kovacs 2395 (this coin) Æ29 | IMP C P LIC VALE[RIANVS AVG] | COL T_VR [O ...] | |
Laureate draped bust right | Two athletes standing facing each other, holding between them a tray with two prize urns. | ||
cf. BMC 459 Æ29 | [IMP C P LI]C VALERIANVS A[VG] | COL TV_R_O MET | |
Radiate draped cuirassed bust right | Melqart-Hercules standing facing, head left, holding club and lion-skin in left hand and sacrificing over altar with right hand. Behind his arm, ambrosial rocks from which water flows. Murex shell in lower right field. | ||
BMC Phoenicia pg. 294, 492 var (reverse legend, murex shell in left field) Æ29 | IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AV | COL TVR_O MET | |
Radiate draped cuirassed bust right | Eagle holding wreath in beak, standing right, head left, in front of vexillum marked LEG / III / GAL in three lines, murex shell to right. | ||
cf. Lindgren & Kovacs 2396 (Valerian) Æ29 | [IMP C P] LIC GALLIENVS AV | COL TVRO M_ET | |
Radiate draped cuirassed bust right | Hexastyle temple containing statue of Astarte, right hand on trophy, crowned by Nike standing on column at right. In front of temple altar, murex shell before and palm tree at right. | ||
Lindgren & Kovacs 2398 (this coin) Æ29 | IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG | COL TVRO METRO | |
Radiate cuirassed bust right | Astarte standing left, being crowned by Victory on column right, building trophy left. Small figure of Marsyas at feet left, murex shell in extreme right field. | ||
cf. Lindgren & Kovacs A2392A Æ29 | IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG | COL TVRO MET | |
Radiate cuirassed bust right | Shrine with baetyl within, murex shell in lower left field. | ||
Lindgren & Kovacs 2399 Æ29 | IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG | COL TVRO MET | |
Radiate cuirassed bust right | Roma seated left, holding Nike left and scepter right. Star in left field, murex shell in extreme right field. | ||
unknown Æ29 | IMP C[ P LIC GALLIENVS AVG?] | COL[ TVRO M]ETR | |
Laureate draped bust right | Dido standing right worshipping before shrine, altar below, murex shell at right. | ||
unknown Æ29 | IMP C P LIC [...] | COL T_VRO [...] | |
Laureate draped bust right | Roma seated at right, facing left, holding small Nike, who holds wreath to crown her, murex below; on left side of coin Astarte standing left, being crowned by a small Nike standing on a column, while Astarte builds a trophy, Marsyas of the forum at her feet to left. | ||
Lindgren & Kovacs 2398var (radiate head) Æ29 | [IMP C P] LIC GALLIENV[S AVG] | COL TV[RO [...] | |
Laureate draped bust right | Astarte also being crowned by a small Nike standing on a column, Marsyas of the forum at her feet to left. Murex shell in right field. | ||
BMC 489var (reverse legend) Æ29 | IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG | COL T_VRO ME_TRO | |
Radiate cuirassed bust right | Kadmos(?) advancing right, looking back, beckoning with right hand, holding long staff in left; murex shell in left field. | ||
cf. BMC 467 (Valerian) Æ29 | [IMP C P LIC GA]LLIENVS AVG | COL TV_RO MET | |
Radiate cuirassed bust right | Diomedes standing left, holding Palladium left and spear right. Murex shell in lower left field. | ||
Price/Trell fig. 329 (p. 102) Æ27 | IMP C P LIC GAL[LIENVS AVG] | COL TVR[O METRO] | |
Laureate cuirassed bust right | Aedicula, inside a smaller aedicula containing a statue, caryatids, murex shell below. | ||
Cohen 1481 Æ27 | IM[P C P LIC GALLI]ENVS AVG | [COL T]VRO MET | |
Radiate draped bust right | Apollo? standing right, head left, draped waist-down, raising right arm. N_Γ across fields, murex shell in lower right field. (BMC Phoenicia p. cxliii suggests NΓ may indicate year 53 of the colony.) | ||
cf. BMC 467 (Valerian) Æ29 | CORNE S[ALONINA] AVG | COL TVRO [MET] | |
Diademed draped bust right | Diomedes standing left, holding Palladium lefta and spear right. Murex shell in lower right field. | ||
BMC 497 Æ27 | [CORN]E SALONINA [AVG] | [COL] TVRO M[E]T | |
Diademed draped bust right | Ocean reclining left, crab headdress, ambrosial rocks from which water flows in left field. [ω]KEAN[OC] beneath, murex shell in field. | ||
cf. Cohen 1481 (Same type, same letters in field, for Gallienus) (thanks to Curtis Clay) Æ27 | CORNE S[...]A AVG | [COL TV]_RO MET | |
Diademed draped bust right | Apollo? standing right, head left, draped waist-down, raising right arm. N_Γ across fields, murex shell in lower right field. Some thoughts |