RPC VI, 8716 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8716 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription M AV ANTONINVS AV[GV?]
Edition M(arcus) Au(relius) Antoninus Augu(stus)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL PTO(L)
Edition col(onia) Ptol(emais)
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 27 mm
Average weight 11.75 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Kadman, Ptolemais 169
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1838,0921.141 BMC 39
2 2     NY: 1944.100.71228 Kadman, Ptolemais 169
3 3     NY Kadman, Ptolemais 169
4 4     ✸ Heritage World Coin Long Beach Signature Sale 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, lot 20345