RPC VI, 8309 (temporary)

 

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8309 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Byblus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) 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 Βύβλου Ἱερᾶς Βύβλου
Translation of sacred Byblus
Reverse design within circle made by serpent eating its tail
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.17 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 704
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note The coin cannot be found in any collection and was only illustrated by a drawing: perhaps a misunderstanding of a specimen of https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/51295
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Beirut-AUB: C812 63 = Rouvier 704.1
2 2     63 = Rouvier 704.2 = Mi V, 355, 133