RPC VI, 8250 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8250 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Orthosia
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΓΛΦ = 533
Dating 221/222
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος 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 ΓΛΦ
Edition Ὀρθωσέων γλφʹ Ὀρθωσέων γλφʹ
Translation of the Orthosians, 533
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with 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 24 mm
Average weight 8.17 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 880
Specimens 15 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1915,0603.63
2 2     L: 1906,0712.51 BMC 5 (as Severus Alexander)
3 3     P: Y28455.100
4 4     ✸ P: Y28455.101
5 5     NY: 1944.100.71177
6 6     NY: 1992.54.875
7 7     Beirut Rouvier 880.3
8 8     Beirut Rouvier 880.4
9 9     Beirut Rouvier 880.5
10 10     CNG Electronic Auction 346, lot 269
11 11     CNG EA 205, 25 Feb. 2009, lot 331
12 12     CNG Triton XXIX Online Sessions, 21 Jan. 2026, lot 5600 = CNG EA 435, 2 Jan. 2019, lot 273
13 13     Naumann 75, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 570
14 14     Rouvier 880.2
15 15     www.cngcoins.com, Jan, 2011