RPC VI, 8214 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8214 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Botrys
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΝС = 250
Dating 219/220
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΝϹ
Edition Βοτρυηνῶν νσʹ
Translation of the Botryenes, 250
Reverse design front view of temple with eight columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and four globes; in the exergue, central stairway
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.84 g
Axis 5, 10
Reference Sawaya, Botrys 8–9 (under year 251)
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.70782 Sawaya, Botrys 9
2 2     Beirut-BdL: 262 Sawaya, Botrys 8
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 203, 28 Jan. 2009, lot 406