RPC VI, 8720 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8720 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IM C M AVPE (sic?) ANTONINVS
Edition Im(perator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Au{p}<r>e(lius) Antoninus
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL PTO
Edition col(onia) Pto(lemais)
Translation Colony of Ptolemais
Reverse design front view of temple with six 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; in the exergue, altar between harpa and caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.84 g
Axis 6
Reference Sofaer 193
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 193