RPC VI, 8209 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8209 (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 ΖΟΥ (retrograde)
Edition Ἀραδίων ἐτους ζουʹ Ἀραδίων ἐ(τους) ζουʹ
Translation of the Aradians, of year 477
Reverse design round temple or shrine with two columns with shell pattern-decorated ceiling, within which Tyche of the City standing facing, head left, holding cornucopia and wreath; on either side, Nike hovering and offering her a wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.66 g
Axis 1, 2, 7, 12
Reference Rouvier 419
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.2464
1 1     B: I-B1900
2 2     NY: 1944.100.70779
2 2     L: 1908,0110.881 BMC 386
3 3     P: 1965.739 Rouvier 419.1 = Mi S.VIII, 414(?)
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     ✸ Dorotheum November 2017 Coin , 15 Nov. 2017, lot 1330
6 6     Rouvier 419.2