RPC VI, 8188 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8188 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Laodicea ad Libanum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ [ ]
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος [---]
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus [---]
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing decorated cuirass, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΛΑΔΙΚΙΑ (sic) ΠΡΟϹ ΛΙΒΑΝω [ΜΗΝ?)
Reverse design Mên standing facing, head left, wearing Phrygian cap, holding sword and horse by the reins, standing behind him, left, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 15.60 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Nurpetlian 66
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 204
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     Lindgren 2177 (as Trebonianus or Volusian)
4 4     ✸ Lindgren III, 1290 = CNG MBS 57, 4 Apr. 2001, lot 879
5 5 –8     Private collection: see Nurpetlian 66.1, 2-5
6 6     Nomos obolos 25, 23 Oct. 2022, lot 545
7 7     Aphrodite Art Coins G1, 28 July 2024, lot 413