RPC VI, 8279 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8279 (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 laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
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 structure; within the central portion, Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, resting on long sceptre; below, stairway, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference Rouvier 1764 corr.
Specimens 7 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1870,0707.11 BMC 121
2 2     P: B1964 Rouvier 1764.1
3 3     B: I-B1900
4 4     B: L1906
5 5     ✸ B: L1906
6 6     NY: 1944.100.72627
7 7     Elsen 114, 15 Sept. 2012, lot 460