RPC VI, 8011 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8011 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕϹ (sic)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σε{σ}(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ Μ ΚΟΛ(Ω)(ΝΙ) Δ Ε S C
Edition Ἀντιοχέων μ(ητρόπολις) κολωνί(ας) δʹ ἐ(παρχιῶν) s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation of the Antiochenes, 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 33 mm
Average weight 17.76 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: AA.GR.25773
2 2     P: AA.GR.18257
3 3     ✸ B: 1904/1017
4 4     CNG EA 286, 5 Sept. 2012, lot 252
5 5     Helios Numismatik 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 708
6 6     Lindgren I, 2008
7 7     Richard McAlee Collection = McAlee 803 (f)