RPC VI, 8253 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8253 (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
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΟΡΘΩϹΕΩΝ ΓΛΦ
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 24 mm
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1500