RPC VI, 8010 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

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 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 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

Number Number 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.