RPC VI, 8203 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8203 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Aradus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΖΟΥ = 477
Dating 218/219
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΡΑΔΙωΝ Ε Ζ(retrograde)ΟΥ
Edition Ἀραδίων ἐ(τους) ζουʹ
Translation of the Aradians, of year 477
Reverse design cypress tree between bull, right, and lion, left, confronted; in the background, standard shaped as a hand behind the bull, vexillum behind the lion; over lion's head, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.94 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 418corr. (as Caracalla)
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.880 BMC 384
2 2     P: 1257
3 3     P: B1174 Rouvier 418.3(?)
4 4     Mu: 16 under Damascus
5 5     CNG EA 229, 10 Mar. 2010, lot 341
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 264, 21 Sept. 2011, lot 319
7 7     CNG EA 345, 25 Feb. 2015, lot 432
8 8     Savoca 141st Blue, 27 Aug. 2022, lot 895