RPC VI, 8596 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8596 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΑΜΑϹΚΟΥ ΙΕΡΑϹ ΚΑΙ ΕΝΔΟΞΟΥ, ϹΕΒΑϹΜΙΑ
Edition Δαμασκοῦ ἱερᾶς καὶ ἐνδόξου Σεβάσμια
Translation of Damascus, holy and glorious, the Sebasmia (Augustan Games)
Reverse design inscription within wreath; below, sometimes, ram head(?), left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.14 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference BMC 21
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.2372
2 2     L: BK,855 BMC 21
3 3     P: F3129
4 4     NY: 1944.100.83691
5 5     Yale: 8.6000.1306 (found at Dura Europos)
6 6     CGT coll. = JHE Auction 12, 13 Aug. 2013, lot 64 = Lindgren I, 2144
7 7     ✸ CNG EA 360, 30 Sept. 2015, lot 255
8 8     Moneta Numismatic Services Ancient Coins
9 9     Sol Numismatik XLIII, 21 June 2025, lot 326