RPC VI, 8176 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8176 (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
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription LAVDICEON (sic) Δ Ε
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
Axis 12
Reference Lindgren 2101
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Grün 53, 20 May 2010, lot 244
2 2     Lindgren I, 2101
3 3     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 255
4 4     Chris Scarlioli Collection.
5 5     Naville Numismatics 87, 11 Feb. 2024, lot 277