RPC VI, 8257 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8257 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue AΛΦ = 531 (group 1)
Dating 219/220
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤωΝ ΑΛΦ
Edition Τριπολιτῶν αλφ'
Translation of the Tripolitans, 531
Reverse design front view of temple of Astarte with arcuated lintel in the middle between two wings with four columns with a pediment each, all within larger pediment; within the central portion, Astarte standing, facing, wearing turreted crown, resting on long sceptre and being crowned by Nike standing on small column at her left; below, stairway
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 21.61 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference Rouvier 1763, 1765
Specimens 18 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1900,0707.262 BMC 118
2 2     L: 1900,0707.264 BMC 125
3 3     P: 913
4 4     P: B1956 Rouvier 1763.1
5 5     P: B1953 Rouvier 1763.8
6 6     B: I-B1900
7 7     NY: 1944.100.72622 Rouvier 1765
8 8     V: GR 22274
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CNG 90, 23 May 2012, lot 1145
11 11     CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 195
12 12     ✸ CNG EA 344, 11 Feb. 2015, lot 356
13 13     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 873
14 14     R. Hoppensteadt coll.
15 15     Rouvier 1763.2
16 16     Rouvier 1763.3 = Mi VIII S. 294, 267
17 17     Rouvier 1763.4 = Mi VIII S. 294, 265
18 18     Rouvier 1763.5