RPC VI, 8723


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8723 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	8723 (temporary)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Ptolemais
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IM R (sic) CAES M A [...?]
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus(?), right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	COL PTOL
Edition	col(onia) Ptol(emais)
Translation	Colony of Ptolemais
Reverse design	lighted altar between two columns, each surmounted by trophy(?)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Average weight	8.55 g
Axis	12
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1				Agora Auctions Numismatic 35, 23 June 2015, lot 185	25.1	9.30	12		Show
2	2 ✸				Heritage World Coin Auction Long Beach Signature Sale 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, lot 20347	28.2	7.79	12		Show