RPC VI, 8288 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8288 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue BΛΦ = 532
Dating 220/221
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΒΛΦ
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 l on the left, standing facing, raising hand, and Selene on the right, standing facing, holding long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 10, 12
Reference Rouvier 1761
Specimens 16 (12 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1908,0110.1333 BMC 117
2 2     P: 6803
3 3     P: 3205
4 4     P: 1966.453 Delepierre 6803
5 5     B: L1906
6 6     NY: 1944.100.72629
7 7     NY: 1944.100.72670
8 8     NY: 1948.19.2279
9 9     NY: 1944.100.72628
10 10     O
11 11     O
12 12     O
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     CNG EA 252, 23 Mar. 2011, lot 279
15 15     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 874
16 16     Rouvier 1761.6