RPC VI, 8273 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8273 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue [?]ΛΦ = 531/532
Dating 219/221
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) 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 ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ [.]ΛΦ
Edition Τριπολιτῶν ---λφʹ Τριπολιτῶν [---]λφʹ
Translation of the Tripolitans, [---]53[.]
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 23 mm
Average weight 9.70 g
Axis 1, 6, 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 1764corr.
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1336 BMC 127
2 2     P: B1965 Rouvier 1764.4
3 3     B: L1906
4 4     NY: 1934.94.17
5 5     ✸ NY: 1944.100.72648
6 6     Beirut-AUB: C1236 55
7 7     Bern: N/82.2313 SNG 2313
8 8     CNG EA 204, 11 Feb. 2009, lot 73
9 9     Lindgren I, 2358