RPC VI, 9072 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9072 (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 AEL C C P F (AV A?)
Edition col(onia) Ael(ia) C(apitolina) C(ommodiana) P(ia) F(elix) Au(relia) A(ugusta?)
Translation the colony Aelia Capitolina Commodiana Aurelia Augusta(?), pious, fortunate
Reverse design facing quadriga carrying the conical stone of Emesa, on which eagle facing; in the exergue, branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.84 g
Axis 11
Reference Meshorer 143
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 131
2 2     Galst Coll. NY
3 3     Markov The New York Sale XLVIII, 14 Jan. 2020, lot 143
4 4     Médaillier de Sainte Anne de Jérusalem = N. Van der Vliet, Revue Biblique 57.1 (1950), pp. 111-12 ('Caracalla')
5 5     Meshorer 143