RPC VI, 8259 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8259 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue AΛΦ = 531 (group 1)
Dating 219/220
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 ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙ ΝΑΥΑΡΧΙϹ ΑΛΦ
Reverse design ship with sail, left; above, caps of the Dioscuri
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.62 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference Rouvier 1753
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: B1962 Rouvier 1753.1
2 2     P: B1963 Rouvier 1753.2
3 3     ✸ B: R1878
4 4     C: L2711 SNG 6080
5 5     CNG EA 185, 2 Apr. 2008, lot 241
6 6     CNG EA 195, 10 Sept. 2008, lot 195
7 7     Rouvier 1753.3
8 8     Rouvier 1753.4
9 9     Rouvier 1753.5 = Mi VIII S. 293, 264
10 10     Rouvier 1753.6
11 11     Rouvier 1753.7 = Mi VIII S. 293, 263
12 12     Rouvier 1753.8