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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος 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 ἐτους ζουʹ 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 26 mm
Average weight 14.42 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 418corr. (as Caracalla)
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
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# Specimen 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
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