RPC VI, 8337 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8337 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG FEL BER
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Fel(ix) Ber(ytus)
Translation Colony Julia Augusta Felix, Berytus
Reverse design Eshmun nude standing facing, head right, wearing chlamys, between two serpents; in the exergue, galley, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.19 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Sawaya 1935–9, Rouvier 583–4
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.5093 Sawaya 1937
2 2     NY: 1944.100.72389 Sawaya 1935
3 3     NY: 1948.19.2259 Sawaya 1936
4 4     NY: 1944.100.72390 Sawaya 1939
5 5     Beirut-BdL: 240 Sawaya 1938
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     ✸ M&M GmbH 46, 15 Feb. 2018, lot 422