RPC IV.3, 6776 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6776 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Byblus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful - lighlty bearded?) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑϹ ΒΥΒΛΟΥ
Edition Ἱερᾶς Βυβλοῦ
Translation of Sacred Byblus
Reverse design Isis Pharia standing, right, wearing lotus, holding sail
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.29 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 714 corr.(?), BMC 66 corr.(?)
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     ✸ L: BMC 66 E. Babelon, RN 1861, 97, no. 11, pl. IV.11 (drawing), obverse as 'Elagabalus'