RPC VI, 7963 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7963 (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)
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 head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery
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 left, head right, holding wreath in beak and spreading wings; star between legs
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.65 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference McAlee 761, Prieur 254, 266, 275
Specimens 18 (13 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1853,1006.14
2 2     L: G1036
3 3     L: G1037
4 4     L: 1895,0508.246
5 5     L: G2320 BMC 425
6 6     P McAlee 761.4
7 7     NY: 1944.100.65977
8 8     NY: 1981.40.10
9 9     NY: 1944.100.65978
10 10     NY: 1944.100.65981 McAlee 761.3
11 11     O
12 12     O
14 14     O
15 15     Bern SNG 1993
16 16     Leeds-UL: 338
17 17     McAlee 761.1 = Bellinger 43
18 18     McAlee 761.2 = Prieur 254
19 19     McAlee 761.5