RPC VI, 8710 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8710 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AVΡ (sic) ANTONINV AG
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Au{ρ}<r>(elius) Antoninu(s) Au(gustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL PTO
Edition colonia Ptolemais col(onia) Pto(lemais)
Translation colony of Ptolemais
Reverse design front view of portable shrine with two columns, within which Zeus Heliopolitanus standing facing, holding sceptre and axe(?), all within circle of the twelve signs of the Zodiac
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.03 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ: 78.1713
2 2     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 664
3 3     ✸ Goldberg 128, 28 June 2022, lot 987