RPC VI, 8364 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8364 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ (all N retrograde)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ(Ο) Κ(Ο) ΕΜΙϹ(ΩΝ) Ε ΗΛΙΑ ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition μητρόπολις κολωνεία Ἐμίσων εʹ Ἥλια Πύθια μητρό(πολις) κο(λωνεία) Ἐμίσων εʹ Ἥλια Πύθια
Translation metropolis, colony of Emesa, 5, Helian Pythian (games)
Reverse design prize crown between two palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.17 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 995
2 2     NY: 1971.193.11
3 3     NY: 1944.100.66209
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 576, 4 Dec. 2024, lot 434 = Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 242 = CNG EA 152, 15 Nov. 2006, lot 189 = Münzen und Medaillen (DE) 14, 16 April 2004, lot 667
5 5     Biga Numismatics EA 14, 15 Jan. 2023, lot 518