RPC VI, 8207 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8207 (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 lion, right, and bull, left, confronted, each having a standard in the background, that behind the bull surmounted by a hand; over lion's head, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.03 g
Axis 1
Reference Rouvier 418corr. (as Caracalla)
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: Y28883.63
2 2     NY: 1961.154.243
3 3     Rouvier 418.11