RPC VI, 8262 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8262 (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 Α ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤωΝ [ΑΛΦ?]
Edition Τριπολιτῶν αλφ' Τριπολιτῶν αλφ'
Translation of the Tripolitans, 531
Reverse design jugate busts the Dioscuri, right, with drapery, each wearing laureate pileus surmounted by star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.47 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 1750
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
Note Confirmation required. The date is not visible on any of the current specimens (all of which are worn).

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1949
2 2     P: B1972 Rouvier 1750.2
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.72645
4 4     NY: 1944.100.72646
5 5     Beirut-AUB: C1245 57
6 6     CGT coll. = Roma E Auction 4, 28 Dec. 2014, lot 433
7 7     Rouvier 1750.1 = Mi VIII S. 293, 261
8 8     Rouvier 1750.3 = Mi VIII S. 292, 259
9 9     Rouvier 1750.4