RPC VI, 8205 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8205 (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, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.77 g
Axis 1, 2, 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 418corr. (as Caracalla)
Specimens 43 (23 in the core collections)
Note Some of the coins are much larger, but it is not clear that they represent a larger denomination.
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