RPC VI, 8352 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8352 (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 BER
Edition Col(onia) Ber(ytus)
Translation Colony of Berytus
Reverse design two standards surmounted by aquilae facing each other, within laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.49 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Sawaya 2017–24, Rouvier 588
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1900,0707.92 BMC 227 = Sawaya 2020
2 2     B: I-B1900 Sawaya 2017
3 3     ✸ B: L1906 Sawaya 2018
4 4     V: GR 22103
5 5     Beirut: 1071 Sawaya 2021
6 6     Beirut: 1072 Sawaya 2022
7 7     Freiburg: 12472
8 8     Lindgren III, 1387 = Sawaya 2023
9 9     Sawaya 2019 = Vecchi, Oct. 1997, 1454