RPC VI, 8243 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8243 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Orthosia
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΑΛΦ = 531
Dating 218/219
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design radiate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΟΡΘωϹΕΩΝ ΦΛΑ (?)
Edition Ὀρθωσέων φλαουιανῶν Ὀρθωσέων φλα(ουιανῶν)
Translation of the Flavian Orthoseans
Reverse design Baal of Orthosia standing on two winged lions with horns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.87 g
Axis 1, 6
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note Rouvier describes it as Dionysus Pogon driving biga of winged panthers
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG 31 lot 63047
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 292, 5 Dec. 2012, lot 323
3 3     TimeLine 160, 3–8 Sept. 2024, lot 3418