RPC VI, 8595 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8595 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design radiate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΔΑΜΑϹΚΟΥ ΙΕΡΑϹ ΚΑΙ ΕΝΔΟΞ, ϹΕΒΑϹΜΙΑ
Edition Δαμασκοῦ ἱερᾶς καὶ ἐνδόξ(ου) Σεβασμία
Translation of Damascus, sacred and glorious, the Sebasmia (Augustan Games)
Reverse design inscription within wreath; below, ram's head(?), right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 13.93 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference De Saulcy 2, SNG München 1018
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 71 De Saulcy 2
2 2     Mu: 15 SNG 1018
3 3     V: GR 21882
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 40