RPC VI, 8216 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8216 (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 Botryians, 250
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, holding long thyrsus and cantharus over panther, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.35 g
Axis 6
Reference Sawaya, Botrys 7
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: Luynes 3131 Sawaya, Botrys 7 = Rouvier 624