RPC VI, 8023 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8023 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥ(Ρ)(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ Ϲ(ΕΒ)
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤ(ΡΟ) ΚΟ(Λ) Δ Ε S C
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding corn ears; below, river god Orontes swimming, left, looking back; to left, crescent; above, ram leaping, left, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0525.188 BMC 457
2 2     L BMC 458
3 3     P: 1973.100
4 4     P: AA.GR.11392
5 5     B: 1904/1016
6 6     ✸ Nomos AG 14, 17 May 2017, lot 393