RPC VI, 30969 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30969 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue BΛΦ = 532
Dating 220/221
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤωΝ ΒΛΦ
Edition Τριπολιτῶν βλφʹ Τριπολιτῶν βλφʹ
Translation of the Tripolitans, 532
Reverse design Astarte standing, facing, wearing turreted crown, resting on long sceptre, placing foot on galley prow, between the Dioscuri standing facing, looking at her, each resting on spear and holding grapes
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 9.90 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
4 4     ✸ Savoca Coins Blue 274rd Weekly Blue, 21 June 2025, lot 132