RPC VI, 8272 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8272 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue BΛΦ = 532
Dating 220/221
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ Β(?]ΛΦ
Edition Τριπολιτῶν βλφʹ Τριπολιτῶν βλφʹ
Translation of the Tripolitans, 532
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, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.22 g
Axis 2, 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note The first numeral looks like a Β.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     O
2 2     ✸ Leu WA 34, 5–8 July 2025, lot 1498