RPC VI, 8260 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8260 (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 bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing decorated cuirass, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΑΛΦ
Edition Τριπολιτῶν αλφ'
Translation of the Tripolitans, 531
Reverse design the Dioscuri standing facing, looking each other, each wearing pileus surmounted by star, resting on spear and holding grapes
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 10.15 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Rouvier 1751
Specimens 13 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BNK,G.867 BMC 130
2 2     ✸ L: 1874,0715.412 BMC 129
3 3     P: M5680
4 4     P: 913d Rouvier 1751.2 = Mi VIII S. 293, 262(?)
5 5     B: L1906
6 6     B: I-B1900
7 7     Cop: 290
8 8     NY: 1944.100.72640
9 9     NY: 1944.100.72638
10 10     NY: 1944.100.72639
11 11     Rouvier 1751.1
12 12     Rouvier 1751.3
13 13     Rouvier 1751.4