RPC VI, 9071 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9071 (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 COM P F
Edition col(onia) A(elia) C(apitolina) Com(modiana) P(ia) F(elix)
Translation colony of Aelia Capitolina Commodian, Pious and Fortunate
Reverse design facing quadriga carrying the conical stone of Emesa, on which eagle facing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.29 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Meshorer 143a
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1908,0110.1977 BMC 90
2 2     P: 418
3 3     B: 1878, Rauch ZfN 7, 1880, p. 219 ('Elagabalus/Caracalla + 'Frau')
4 4     IMJ: 78.1626
5 5     Gitbud Numismatik GmbH Gitbud Numismatik 1, 11 Dec. 2016, lot 112
6 6     Heritage Long Beach Signature Sale 3005, 29 May 2009, lot 20091
7 7     Meshorer 143a
8 8     Naumann 106, 1 Aug. 2021, lot 439
9 9     CNG Triton XXV, 11 Jan. 2022, lot 6490
10 10     CNG EA 510, 23 Feb. 2022, lot 562
11 11     The New York Sale 48, 14 Jan. 2020, lot 143