RPC VI, 8175 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #13

 

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 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
Reverse inscription LAVDICEON (sic) Δ Ε
Edition 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 5.03 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference BMC 105–7
Specimens 17 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type