RPC VI, 8248 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8248 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Orthosia
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΒΛΦ = 532
Dating 220/221
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΟΡΘΩϹΕΩΝ ΒΛΦ
Edition Ὀρθωσέων βλφʹ
Translation of the Orthosians, 532
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with double arcuated lintel in the middle within pediment, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, resting on long sceptre, crowned by small Nike standing on column, left; at her feet, river god swimming, right; in exergue, lighted altar between two stairways
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.30 g
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: Y28455.98