RPC VI, 8713 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8713 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription M R C CAS (sic) M ANTONIN[...]
Edition M R C Caesar Marcus Antonin--- M R C Ca<e>s(ar) M(arcus) Antonin[---]
Translation M R C(?) Caesar Marcus Antonin[---]
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 temple with four columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia, crowned by Nike standing, left, on small column behind her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 7.34 g
Axis 12
Reference Kadman, Ptolemais 166
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.71227 Kadman, Ptolemais 166.5