RPC VI, 9069 (temporary)

Province Syria Palaestina
City Aelia Capitolina 
Region Judaea
Reign Elagabalus
Obverse inscription IMP C M A ANT AVG ET ALEX CAES
Obverse design jugate laureate, draped and cuirassed busts of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL A C C P F AV
Reverse design eagle facing, head right, with spread wings between two standards; behind, three conical shapes

Coin no. 1 of RPC VI, 9069 (temporary)

 

Museum Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Inventory no.
Reference Sofaer 132 (weight given as 8.40) = Meshorer 144 (weight given as 9.13) = Kadman 152 = Médaillier de Sainte Anne de Jérusalem = N. Van der Vliet, Revue Biblique 57.1 (1950), pp. 112-3 ('Caracalla'; weight given as 9.22)
Diameter 23
Weight 8.40
Axis
Note The images of the coin are all identical (despite the weight discrepancies), showing that somehow the Saint Anne coin had passed into the Sofaer collection, whence to the IMJ. Kadman and Meshorer cited it from Sainte Anne, referring to the Revue Biblique.
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