RPC VI, 7951 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7951 (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 Σεβ(αστὸς) Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος)
Translation Antoninus Augustus Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, left, raising hand, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ Β Δ Ε
Edition 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 14.94 g
Axis 12
Reference McAlee 773, Prieur 253
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ McAlee 773.1 = Prieur 253 = BSNF 8, Oct. 1985, 690–4 = CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 616
2 2     McAlee 773.2 = Hirsch 169, Feb. 1991, 1083
3 3     Roma Numismatics EA 101, 13 Oct. 2022, lot 821