RPC VI, 30925 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30925 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΑΠϹ = 281
Dating 218
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, seen frontally
Reverse inscription ΓΑΔ[...] Ι Α Α [ ]Κ ϹΥΡ, ΑΠϹ
Edition Γαδ--- ἱερᾶς? ἀσύλου? αὐτονόμου? ---Κοιλῆς Συρίας απσʹ Γαδ[---] ἱ(ερᾶς?) ἀ(σύλου?) α(ὐτονόμου?) [---]Κ(οιλῆς) Συρ(ίας) απσʹ
Translation of the Gadarans[---] sacred, sanctuary, autonomous(?) [---], of Coele-Syria, 281
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with tortile columns, within which Zeus seated, left, holding long sceptre and thunderbolt; at his feet, eagle, right; date in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 10.69 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 77
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
2 2     J-SBF Spijkerman 77
3 3     ✸ Kaplun coll., ex Nummitra 1 Premium, 2 Feb. 2025, lot 147
4 4     CNG 735286