RPC VI, 8588 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8588 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΔΑΜΑϹΚΟΥ ΤΗϹ ΙΕΡΑϹ ΚΑΙ ΕΝΔΟΞΟΥ, ϹΕΒΑϹΜΙΑ
Edition Δαμασκοῦ τῆς ἱερᾶς καὶ ἐνδόξου Σεβασμία
Translation of Damascus, the sacred and glorious, the Sebasmia (Augustan Games)
Reverse design inscription within wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 15.75 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: L1906
2 2     CNG EA 111, 30 Mar. 2005, lot 102
3 3     Marc Breitsprecher, Classical Numismatist
4 4     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 617