RPC VI, 8008 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8008 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕϹ (sic)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σε<βα>σ(τός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ Μ ΚΟΛΩ Δ Ε S C
Edition Ἀντιοχέων μ(ητρόπολις) κολω(νίας) δ ἐ(παρχιῶν) S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation of the Antiocheans, metropolis colony, of the 4 eparchies, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding corn ears; below, river god Orontes swimming, left, looking back; above, ram leaping, left, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.84 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 289, 24 Oct. 2012, lot 224
2 2     CNG EA 368, 10 Feb. 2016, lot 266
3 3     Weber 7969 = CNG Triton VIII, 11 Jan. 2005, lot 790