RPC VI, 8598 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8598 (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 ΕΝΔΟΞΟΥ
Edition Δαμασκοῦ ἱερᾶς καὶ ἐνδόξου
Translation of Damascus, holy and glorious
Reverse design male figure standing facing, head left, in front of cypress tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.99 g
Axis 2
Reference De Saulcy 5
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1931,0603.27
2 2     ✸ Naville Numismatics 56, 22 Mar. 2020, lot 219