RPC VI, 8597 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8597 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός 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 ΕΝΔΟΞΟΥ, ϹΕΒΑϹΜΙΑ
Edition Δαμασκοῦ ἱερᾶς καὶ ἐνδόξου Σεβάσμια Δαμασκοῦ ἱερᾶς καὶ ἐνδόξου Σεβάσμια
Translation of Damascus, holy and glorious, the Sebasmia (Augustan Games)
Reverse design inscription within wreath; below, sometimes, ram head(?), right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.16 g
Axis 11
Reference De Saulcy 3
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 72
2 2     ✸ P: 73
3 3     B: L1906
4 4     NY: 1944.100.83692