RPC VI, 8998 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8998 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Joppa
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Dating Caracalla–Elagabalus
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus(?), right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΙΟΠΠΗϹ
Edition Ἰόππης Ἰόππης
Translation of Joppa
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel in the middle of pediment, within which Tyche standing facing turreted, head left, holding small bust and spear; in either bay, statue
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.60 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rosenberger 7
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ Rosenberger 7
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 608, 29 Apr. 2026, lot 635 = CNG EA 208, 8 April 2009, lot 330 = J. A. Dow, Ancient Coins Through the Bible (2011), p. 175