RPC VI, 8278 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8278 (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
Obverse design radiate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΒΛΦ
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 29 mm
Axis 1
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: L1906
2 2     ✸ Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 775