RPC VI, 8296 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8296 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΓΛΦ = 533
Dating 221/222
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ(?) ΓΛΦ
Edition Τριπολιτῶν γλφʹ
Translation of the Tripolitans, 533
Reverse design ship with sail, left; above, caps of the Dioscuri
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 5.77 g
Reference Rouvier 1756
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1970
2 2     Lindgren I, 2357
3 3     Rouvier 1756 = Mi V, 407, 461
4 4     ✸ Savoca 32nd Blue Auction, 23 May 2020, lot 1233