RPC VI, 8212 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8212 (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
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΑΡΑΔΙωΝ Ε ΥΟ[Ζ? upside-down?)
Reverse design vase with two palms at shoulders flanked by two seated sphinxes
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 417 (as Caracalla)
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: B1173 Rouvier 417.2
2 2     NY: 1944.100.70780
3 3     Rouvier 417.1
4 4     Rouvier 417.3 = Mi V, 857