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?)
Edition Λα<ο>δικία πρὸς Λιβάνῳ Μήν
Translation Laodicea near Lebanon, Men
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