RPC VI, 7948 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7948 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Uncertain mint of the Syrian Tetradrachms
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΥΠΑΤΟС ΤΟ Β (group 1 Laodicea style)
Dating 219
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α
Edition Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστὸς Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος)
Translation Antoninus Augustus Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, left, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ Β Δ Ε
Edition δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος τὸ βʹ δʹ ἐπαρχιῶν δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος τὸ βʹ δʹ ἐ(παρχιῶν)
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the second time, of the 4 eparchies
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head left, holding wreath in beak and spreading wings; star between legs
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.57 g
Axis 1, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference McAlee 769, Prieur 258, 268
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G2318 BMC 422
2 2     NY: 1944.100.65975
3 3     NY: 1944.100.65976 McAlee 769.6
4 4     Bern: N/82.1998 SNG 1998 = McAlee 769.4
5 5     Leeds-UL: 339
6 6     CNG EA 217, 26 Aug. 2009, lot 304 = CNG EA 154, 13 Dec. 2006, lot 122
7 7     McAlee 769.1 = Bellinger 47
8 8     McAlee 769.3 = Prieur 268
9 9     Prieur 258
10 10     ✸ Aycock-Wakefield coll. (ex Demeter Coins, Auction 51, August 23rd, 2025, lot 73)
11 11     Richard McAlee coll., ex Sol Numismatik LII, 28 March 2026, lot 223