RPC VI, 8175 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8175 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Laodicea ad Mare
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription IMP C M AVR ANTONINVS AVG
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design radiate head of Elagabalus, right, (with drapery on shoulder)
Reverse inscription LAVDICEON (sic) Δ Ε
Edition Laudiceon δʹ ἐπαρχειῶν Laudiceon δʹ ἐ(παρχειῶν)
Translation of the Laodiceans, of the 4 eparchies
Reverse design Heracles standing nude, right, and Dionysus standing nude, left, wrestling with each other; behind Heracles, club; behind Dionysus, thyrsus (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.02 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference BMC 105–7
Specimens 16 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1988,0206.37 'Claudiopolis'
2 2     L: 1847,1101.277 BMC 105
3 3     L: 1850,0326.112 BMC 106
4 4     L: 1849,0801.2 BMC 107
5 5     P: M1171
6 6     Mu
7 7     O
8 8     CNG EA 152, 15 Nov. 2006, lot 190
9 9     CNG EA 244, 10 Nov. 2010, lot 350
10 10     CNG EA 300, 10 Apr. 2013, lot 167
11 11     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2267
12 12     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 1126
13 13     ✸ Leu EA 19, 26 Feb. 2022, lot 2387 = Aufhäuser 4, 7 Oct. 1987, 380
14 14     M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 674
15 15     Peus 388, 1 Nov. 2006, lot 1131
17 17     Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 111 = Gorny & Mosch 67, 2 May 1994, 666