RPC VI, 30709 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30709 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design radiate head of Elagabalus, left
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤ ΚΟΛ Δ Ε S C
Edition Ἀντιοχέων μητ(ρόπολις) κολ(ωνίας) δ ἐ(παρχιῶν) S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation of the Antiocheans, metropolis colony, of the 4 eparchies, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding corn ears; below, river god Orontes swimming, left, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.36 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference McAlee 819b
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note The obverse legend is sometimes retrograde. The portrait on the 13.46 specimen appears identical to the one on the 9.82 example (with retrograde legend), which suggests that the same die was used but the obverse legend was recut to correct the retrograde error.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
6 6     Richard McAlee coll.
7 7     ✸ Numismatik Lanz, eBay No. 233370098275, Oct. 2019 = McAlee Supp. 2, no. 819A(a)-2
8 8     Richard McAlee coll.