RPC VI, 7959 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7959 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Uncertain mint of the Syrian Tetradrachms
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΥΠΑΤΟС ΤΟ Β (group 2 Laodicea style)
Dating 219
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ Β Δ Ε
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head left, holding wreath in beak and spreading wings; star between legs
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 5, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference McAlee 758–9, Prieur 249
Specimens 46 (39 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1921,0401.1
2 2     L: G1038
3 3     L: 1838,0921.132
4 4     L: G2315 BMC 417
5 5     L: G2316 BMC 418
6 6     L: G2317 BMC 419
7 7     L: 1895,0508.249 BMC 420
8 8     ✸ L: 1853,1006.13 CRS 117, 3
9 9     P McAlee 758.4
10 10     NY: 1944.100.65991
11 11     NY: 1944.100.65995
12 12     NY: 1944.100.65997
13 13     NY: 1944.100.65994
14 14     NY: 1944.100.65987
15 15     NY: 1944.100.65985
16 16     NY: 1943.128.26
17 17     NY: 1944.100.65986
18 18     NY: 1944.100.65992
19 19     NY: 1995.11.864
20 20     NY: 1981.40.8
21 21     NY: 1944.100.65990
22 22     NY: 1980.109.111
23 23     NY: 1944.100.65998
24 24     NY: 1944.100.65988
25 25     NY: 1943.128.25
26 26     NY: 1981.40.7
27 27     NY: 1984.44.15
28 28     NY: 1981.40.9
29 29     NY: 1944.100.65993
30 30     NY: 1944.100.65996
31 31     NY: 1944.100.65967 McAlee 758.3
32 32     O
33 33     O
34 34     O
35 35     O
36 36     O
37 37     O
38 38     O
39 39     O
40 40     Leeds-UL: 337
41 41     Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 807
42 42     McAlee 758.1 = Bellinger 42
43 43     McAlee 758.2 = Prieur 250
44 44     McAlee 758.5
45 45     McAlee 759.1 = Dura 365a
46 46     McAlee 759.2 = CNA 12, Sept. 1990, 668