RPC VI, 8898 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8898 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Sebaste
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP(E) C M AV ANTONINVS
Edition Impe(rator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Au(relius) Antoninus
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription COL L SE SEBASTE
Edition col(onia) L(ucia) Se(ptimia) Sebaste
Translation Colony of Lucius Septimius Sebaste
Reverse design Demeter standing facing, head right, wearing kalathos and long tunic, holding corn ears long torch (around which serpent coils); to left, altar (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.84 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Rosenberger 29
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 244
2 2     IMJ Rosenberger 29
3 3     IMJ Sofaer 29
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CNG EA 210, 13 May 2009, lot 226
6 6     CNG EA 337, 22 Oct. 2014, lot 337
7 7     Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc., Auction 98, lot 1782
8 8     ✸ Stack's Coin Galleries Dec. 2009, 9 Dec. 2009, lot 145 = Gemini, LLC VII, 9 Jan. 2011, lot 875
9 9     CNG EA 567, 31 July 2024, lot 360