RPC VI, 8010 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8010 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ Μ ΚΟΛ(ΩΝ) Δ Ε S C
Edition Ἀντιοχέων μητροπόλεως κολωνίας δʹ ἐπαρχιῶν Senatus Consulto Ἀντιοχέων μ(ητροπόλεως) κολων(ίας) δʹ 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, with star above
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 18.38 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Specimens 12 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: L1906
2 2     B: L1906
3 3     B
4 4     B: R1878
5 5     ✸ B
6 6     L: G.5443 BMC 461
7 7     L: 1840,0424.7 BMC 462
8 8     O
9 9     Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 32, 24 Oct. 2015, lot 34336
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     Rome: 112011 De Sanctis Coll.
12 12     C. Rhodes coll.