RPC VI, 8711 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8711 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AV
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Au(relius) Antoninus Au(gustus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COLON PTO
Edition colon(ia) 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(?), between two facing bulls
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 9.15 g
Axis 12
Reference Kadman, Ptolemais 174
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1908,0110.1256 BMC 41 = Kadman, Ptolemais 174