RPC VI, 8741 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8741 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C M AVPI (sic) ANTONINVS [?]
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Auριlius Antoninus --- Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Auρι(lius) Antoninus [---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus [---]
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 portable shrine with two columns, within which Zeus Heliopolitanus standing facing, holding sceptre and axe(?); to left, and right, uncertain objects; in the exergue, thunderbolt;
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.58 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference Sofaer 205
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: L1906
2 2     O
3 3     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 205
4 4     CGT coll.