RPC VI, 8232 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8232 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Caesarea ad Libanum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue AΛΦ = 531
Dating 219/220
Obverse inscription IM C M AVR ANTONINVS
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL CESARIA LIBANI ΑΛΦ
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, resting on long sceptre, crowned by military figure standing, left; in exergue, Marsyas, left, carrying wineskine on shoulders and raising hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6
Reference BMC 8
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1854,0110.1 BMC 8