RPC VI, 9139 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9139 (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 ΓΑΖΑ (ΕΤ) ΠϹ
Reverse design Marnas standing facing, head left, holding thunderbolt and raising hand, being crowned by Nike standing behind him on column, holding palm branch and wreath; to left, מ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rosenberger 169–70
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 226
2 2     B: 1855/17659
3 3     NY: 1999.32.195
4 4     IMJ Rosenberger 169 = Meshorer City-Coins 65
5 5     IMJ Rosenberger 170
6 6     CNG EA 398, 31 May 2017, lot 452
7 7     Heritage World Coin Auctions CICF Signature Sale 3032, 10 Apr. 2014, lot 23515
8 8     Nomos obolos 8, 2 Dec. 2017, lot 430 = Sternberg XXXIV, 23 Oct. 1998, lot 376
9 9     ✸ Sofaer 212