RPC VI, 8229 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8229 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Caesarea ad Libanum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue AΛΦ = 531
Dating 219/220
Obverse inscription IMP C M AVR ANTONINVS AVG
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL CESARIA LI ΕΤ ΑΛΦ
Edition colonia Cesaria Libani ἔτος αλφʹ col(onia) Cesaria Li(bani) ἔτ(ος) αλφʹ
Translation the colony Caesarea of Libanus, year 531
Reverse design veiled priest ploughing left, with yoke of oxen, holding long sceptre; in the background, standard
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.06 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1911,0604.1