RPC VI, 9069 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9069 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Aelia Capitolina
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus) ; Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Issue Issue 2 (with Alexander)
Obverse inscription IMP C M A ANT AVG ET ALEX CAES
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) A(urelius) Ant(oninus) Aug(ustus) et Alex(ander) Caes(ar)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus and Alexander Caesar
Obverse design jugate laureate, draped and cuirassed busts of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL A C C P F AV
Reverse design eagle facing, head right, with spread wings between two standards; behind, three conical shapes
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.40 g
Reference Meshorer 144; Kadman 152
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Kadman described the coin as showing the conical stone between two standards, followed by Rowan, Under Divine Auspices p. 178 note 90. The interpretation of the three conical shapes behind the eagle is not, however, clear; Sofaer 132 described it as 'behind, eagle, vexillum'.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 132 (weight given as 8.40) = Meshorer 144 (weight given as 9.13) = Kadman 152 = Médaillier de Sainte Anne de Jérusalem = N. Van der Vliet, Revue Biblique 57.1 (1950), pp. 112-3 ('Caracalla'; weight given as 9.22)