RPC VI, 9224 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9224 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Antioch ad Hippum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΒΠϹ = 282
Dating 218/19
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧ (retrograde Ν) ΠΡ ΙΠ ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥΛ, ΒΠϹ
Edition Ἀντιοχέων πρὸς Ἵππῳ ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου βπσʹ Ἀντιοχ(έων) πρ(ὸς) Ἵπ(πῳ) ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσύλ(ου) βπσʹ
Translation of the Antiochenes ad Hippum, the sacred sanctuary, 282
Reverse design Pegasus advancing, left, looking back, holding a wreath in its wings, within which date
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 17.95 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Spijkerman 35
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: L1906
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     Lindgren 1300
4 4     Spijkerman 35.1 = Meshorer, City-Coins 204
5 5     Spijkerman 35.2