RPC VI, 8256


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8256 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	8256 (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	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΟΡΘΩϹΕΩΝ ΓΛΦ
Edition	Ὀρθωσέων γλφʹ
Translation	of the Orthosians, 533
Reverse design	Baal of Orthosia standing on two winged lions with horns
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	19 mm
Average weight	4.90 g
Axis	12
Reference	Rouvier 881
Specimens	7 (4 in the core collections)
Note	Rouvier describes it as Dionysus Pogon driving biga of winged panthers

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	P: Y28455.99		20	4.42		Show
2	2	P: 1969.872		17.7			Show
3	3	P: B1971	Rouvier 1757.1 (under Tripolis)	20	4.70		Show
4	4	NY: 1944.100.71180		19	5.34	12	Show
5	5		CGT coll. = Pecunem 14, 2 Mar. 2014, lot 518	18	4.74	12	Show
6	6		Rouvier 1757.2 = Mi V, 407, 462				Show
7	7		Rouvier 881	20	5.30		Show