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 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 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

Number Number 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