RPC VI, 8599 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8599 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ [...]
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Ἀντωνεῖνος [---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus [---]
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΔΑΜΑϹΚ[...]
Reverse design river god Chrysoroas reclining, left, within grotto, holding cornucopia and corn ears; above, stairway leading to temple(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.28 g
Axis 2
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.83690