RPC VI, 8343 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8343 (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 front view of temple with six columns with shield in pediment and acroteria along roofline; inside, Poseidon standing, left, holding dolphin and resting on trident, placing foot on rock; below, central stairway
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.55 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Sawaya 1988–2010, Rouvier 577–bis
Specimens 28 (23 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,1215.197 BMC 224
2 2     L: HPB,p156.13 BMC 225 = Sawaya 1989
3 3     L: 1844,0425.2341 BMC 226 = Sawaya 1988
4 4     P: 780 Sawaya 1990
5 5     P: 782 Sawaya 1992
6 6     P: 1267 Sawaya 1997
7 7     P: 783 Sawaya 1998
8 8     P: 355 Sawaya 1999
9 9     B: I-B1900 Sawaya 1995
10 10     B: L1906 Sawaya 1996
11 11     ✸ B: I-B1900 Sawaya 2005
12 12     B: L1906 Sawaya 2006
13 13     B: F1873 Sawaya 2010
14 14     C as Gordian III
15 15     C: CM.LK.1343-R SNG 6025
16 16     G Hunterian 29 = Sawaya 2003
17 17     G Hunterian 30 = Sawaya 2007
18 18     NY: 1944.100.72406 Sawaya 1991
19 19     NY: 1944.100.72407 Sawaya 1993
20 20     NY: 1944.100.72404 Sawaya 2000
21 21     NY: 1944.100.72405 Sawaya 2008
22 22     NY: 1944.100.72408 Sawaya 2009
23 23     V: GR 22095
24 24     Beirut-AUB: 118 Sawaya 2002
25 25     Beirut-AUB: 117 Sawaya 2004
26 26     Beirut-BdL: 242 Sawaya 1994
27 27     Boston: 1998.626
28 28     Boston: 68.781