RPC VI, 8277 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8277 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue BΛΦ = 532
Dating 220/221
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 head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΒΛΦ
Edition 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 26 mm
Average weight 11.55 g
Axis 6, 8, 12
Reference Rouvier 1763corr.–1764
Specimens 19 (12 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1900,0707.266 BMC 120
2 2     L: 1908,0110.1338 BMC 122
3 3     L: HPB,p158.9.A BMC 123
4 4     L: G.5146 BMC 124
5 5     P: 913a
6 6     P: 913b
7 7     P: B1955 Rouvier 1763.13
8 8     B
9 9     Cop: 291
10 10     Mu: 61
11 11     NY: 1948.19.2218
12 12     V: GR 22279
13 13     Beirut-AUB: C1233 52
14 14     CNG EA 85, 17 Mar. 2004, lot 73
15 15     Lanz 146, 25 May 2009, lot 535
16 16     Lindgren I, 2356corr.
17 17     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 32, 26 May 2010, lot 320
18 18     Rouvier 1764.2 = Mi V, 406, 456
19 19     Rouvier 1764.3 = Mi VIII S. 294, 269