RPC VI, 9137 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9137 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Gaza
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΠϹ = 280
Dating 219/220
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription Ιω ΓΑΖΑ Ε ΠϹ
Reverse design Io standing, right, in long chiton, holding the hand of the Tyche of the City standing facing turreted, head left, holding cornucopia; behind Tyche, heifer, left; to left, מ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rosenberger 179–81
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1855 BMC 140
2 2     P: 225
3 3     B: I-B1900
4 4     Bern: N/G1916
5 5     IMJ: 71.949
6 6     IMJ Rosenberger 179
7 7     IMJ Rosenberger 180
8 8     IMJ Rosenberger 181
9 9     Leeds-UL: 389
10 10     Athena Numismatics, Ex Frank Grove and Robert Grover collection . Ex Superior Galleries sale 1986, c645
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     ✸ Sofaer 215
13 13     Sofaer 216