RPC VI, 8751 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8751 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΗΞС = 268
Dating 220/221
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 and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL PTO ΗΞϹ
Edition col(onia) Pto(lemais) ηξςʹ
Translation colony Ptolemais, 268
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
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 17.58 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Kadman, Ptolemais 171, 173 corr.
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: B1547 Kadman, Ptolemais 171.4
2 2     NY: 1944.100.71232 Kadman, Ptolemais 173
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     ✸ Pecunia Numismatics 2022