RPC VI, 7864 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7864 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Carrhae
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [ ] ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right; below, eagle standing right with closed wings, holding wreath in beak
Reverse inscription ΚΑΡ[ ] ΚΟΛωΝΕΙΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ
Reverse design crescent set on filleted stone on base; two signa flanking
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note The tentative attribution to Elagabalus (rather than Caracalla) is based on the 'portrait'.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG Mail Bid Sale 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 706
2 2     ✸ CNG Mail Bid Sale 82, 16 Sept. 2009, lot 893
3 3     Leu EA 12, 30 May 2020, lot 988 (Caracalla)