RPC VI, 8303 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8303 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Byblus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) 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 ΙΕΡΑϹ ΒΥΒΛΟΥ
Edition Ἱερᾶς Βυβλοῦ
Translation of Sacred Byblus
Reverse design front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, topped by palmette, within which Astarte standing, facing, head right, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and placing foot on prow; to right, small Nike standing on column, left, crowning her with wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.21 g
Axis 1, 6, 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 707
Specimens 23 (17 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1900,0707.99 BMC 51
2 2     L: G.5110 BMC 52
3 3     L: G.5111 BMC 53
4 4     L: 1908,0110.1156 BMC 54
5 5     P: 925
6 6     P: 344
7 7     P: 1966.453 Delepierre 6769
8 8     P: B1407 Rouvier 707.1
9 9     B: I-B1900
10 10     B: L1906
11 11     Cop: 145
12 12     Mu: 7g
13 13     NY: 1944.100.70911
14 14     NY: 1944.100.70906
15 15     NY: 1944.100.70909
16 16     NY: 1948.19.2193
17 17     V: GR 29191
18 18     Beirut-AUB: C809 59(?) = Rouvier 707.2
19 19     CNG EA 206, 11 Mar. 2009, lot 371
20 20     ✸ CNG EA 248, 26 Jan. 2011, lot 309
21 21     CNG EA 334, 3 Sept. 2014, lot 242
22 22     Lindgren 1396
23 23     Rouvier 707.3