RPC VI, 8740 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8740 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP [...]NVS AVG
Obverse design radiate head of Elagabalus(?), right, with drapery
Reverse inscription COLO PTOL
Reverse design front view of portable shrine with two columns, within which Zeus Heliopolitanus standing facing, holding sceptre and axe(?); to left, and right, uncertain objects
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 12
Reference Sofaer 224 (as Severus Alexander)
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 28455.79
2 2     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 224