RPC VI, 8792 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8792 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Diospolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Year 19
Dating AD 218
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΟΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντ{ο}<ω>νῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription Λ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΔΙΟϹΠΟΛΙϹ, ΙΘ
Edition Λουκία Σεουηριανὰ Διόσπολις ιθʹ Λ(ουκία) Σεουηρ(ιανὰ) Διόσπολις ιθʹ
Translation Lucian Severan Diospolis, 19
Reverse design laureate, turreted and draped bust of Tyche left, raising arm holding sceptre (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 9.07 g
Axis 6
Reference Sofaer 8 ('Caracalla'), Farhi, Diospolis 21 = Farhi, Lod-Diospolis 15
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ Sofaer 14 ('Demeter') = Farhi, Diospolis p. 158 no B ('excluded coins')
2 2     ✸ Farhi, Lod-Diospolis 15