RPC VI, 8204 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8204 (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
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΑΡΑΔΙωΝ [Ε Ζ(retrograde)ΟΥ?]
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 28 mm
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1966.453
2 2     B: 1852/10141
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 191, 9 July 2008, lot 127
4 4     Savoca London 3 Silver, 15 Sept. 2019, lot 149
5 5     Leu WA 28, 9–14 Dec. 2023, lot 2659 = Solidus 96, 22 Mar. 2022, lot 1139