RPC VI, 8207 (temporary)

 

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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 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 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

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