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 Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός 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 Βύβλου Ἱερᾶς Βύβλου
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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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
2 2     ✸ L: BMC 66 E. Babelon, RN 1861, 97, no. 11, pl. IV.11 (drawing), obverse as 'Elagabalus'