RPC VI, 8358 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8358 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription Ε ΜΗΤΡ Κ ΕΜΙ ΗΛΙΑ ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition εʹ μητρόπολις κολωνεία Ἐμίσων Ἥλια Πύθια εʹ μητρ(όπολις) κ(ολωνεία) Ἐμί(σων) Ἥλια Πύθια
Translation 5, metropolis, colony of Emesa, the Helian Pythian (games)
Reverse design prize crown between two palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 5.45 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 21672
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 345, 25 Feb. 2015, lot 428
3 3     Kovacs. coll.