RPC VI, 31014 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 31014 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Orthosia
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Uncertain
Obverse inscription [ ] ΑΝΤΩΝ[ ]
Edition --- Ἀντων--- [---] Ἀντων[---]
Translation [---] Anton[---]
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΟΡΘΩϹΙΕΩΝ
Edition Ὀρθωσιέων Ὀρθωσιέων
Translation of the Orthosians
Reverse design figure standing, left, with sceptre and foot on river god
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 3.77 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note Original note (RPC I): Obv. inscription illegible. On grounds of portraiture, the emperor might be Nero, though the weak engraving style of the rev. does not seem characteristic of the period. A. Kropp, RBN 2021, 164 note 1, suggested an attribution to Caracalla or Elagabalus.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     JSW
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 596, 1 Oct. 2025, lot 524 = Inglewood coll., ex Sol Numismatik XLIV, lot 574