RPC VI, 8239 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8239 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Caesarea ad Libanum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΒΛΦ = 532
Dating 220/221
Obverse inscription IMP M AVR ANTONINVS
Edition Imp(erator) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL CESARIA LI ΕΤ ΒΛΦ
Reverse design veiled priest ploughing left, with yoke of oxen, holding long sceptre; in the background, standard
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.82 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 734
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.70930
2 2     ✸ Lindgren III, 1398
3 3     Rouvier 734.1
4 4     Rouvier 734.2 = De Saulcy 120 (Greek legend?)
5 5     Verona: 75305 SNG 2176 (ΓΛΦ)