RPC VI, 8281 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8281 (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, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤωΝ ΒΛΦ
Edition Τριπολιτῶν βλφʹ
Translation of the Tripolitans, 532
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns of Zeus Hagios with facing bust of Astarte(?) in the pediment, within which lighted altar in the middle, approached by steps, Helios on the left, standing facing, raising hand, and Selene on the right, standing facing, holding long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.79 g
Axis 1, 6, 8, 12
Reference BMC 114–6
Specimens 12 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.5144 BMC 114
2 2     L: G.5145 BMC 116
3 3     P: 1966.453 Delepierre 6804
4 4     P: 1966.453 Delepierre 6805
5 5     Cop: 292
6 6     G Hunterian III, 262, 25 = SNG 3287
7 7     Mu: 63
8 8     Mu: 60
9 9     NY: 1961.154.297
10 10     Bern SNG 2312
11 11     CNG EA 344, 11 Feb. 2015, lot 355
12 12     ✸ Rauch Summer 2010, 13 Sept. 2010, lot 971