RPC VI, 7955 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7955 (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 ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, 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 13.44 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference McAlee 763, 766, Prieur 252, 265
Specimens 14 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.65980
2 2     NY: 1944.100.65973
3 3     NY: 1944.100.65974
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.65972
5 5     O
6 6     Bern: N/82.1995 SNG 1995
7 7     Bellinger 44
8 8     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 617
9 9     Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG 226, 11 Mar. 2013, lot 895
10 10     McAlee 763.3
11 11     McAlee 763.4
12 12     McAlee 766
13 13     Prieur 252
14 14     Prieur 265 = McAlee 763.2