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Image of specimen #3 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8706 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 8706 (temporary) |
Province | Syria Phoenice |
Region | Phoenicia |
City | Ptolemais |
Reign | Elagabalus |
Person (obv.) | Elagabalus (Augustus) |
Obverse inscription | M AV ANTONINO(C) (sic) AVG |
Edition | M(arcus) Au(relius) Antonin{oc}<us> Aug(ustus) |
Translation | Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus |
Obverse design | laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | COL PTOL, TER GAL |
Edition | col(onia) Ptol(emais) ter(tia) Gal(lica) |
Translation | colony of Ptolemais, the third Gallic (legion) |
Reverse design | colonist ploughing right, raising hand, with yoke of oxen; to right, Nike flying, left, over oxen, holding wreath; in the background, inscribed standard; (star and caduceus?) |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 27 mm |
Average weight | 11.77 g |
Axis | 6, 12 |
Reference | Kadman, Ptolemais 158–9 |
Specimens | 4 (1 in the core collections) |