RPC VI, 9228 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9228 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Antioch ad Hippum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Undated
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧ (retrograde Ν) ΠΡ ΙΠ ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥΛ, ΖΕΥ(Ϲ) ΑΡΟΤΗϹΙ(ΟϹ)
Edition Ἀντιοχ(έων) πρ(ὸς) Ἵπ(πῳ) ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσύλ(ου) Ζεὺς Ἀροτήσι(ος)
Translation of the Antiochenes ad Hippum, the sacred sanctuary, Zeus Arotesios
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns, within which Zeus Arothesios standing, left, in short chiton, holding thunderbolt(?), surrounded by stars and crescents; at his feet, small Pegasus, left; inscription in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 15.51 g
Axis 1, 6, 11, 12
Reference Spijkerman 29–30
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.2282 BMC 27 (under Sepphoris)
2 2     L: 1908,0110.2487 Spijkerman 29.4
3 3     B: L1906
4 4     Beirut-AUB Spijkerman 29.2
5 5     IAA Spijkerman 29.1 = Meshorer, City-Coins 205
6 6     IMJ Rosenberger 21 (as Caracalla)
7 7     IMJ Sofaer 30
8 8     IMJ Sofaer 31
9 9     J-SBF Spijkerman 29.3
10 10     J-SBF Spijkerman 29.5
11 11     J-SBF Spijkerman 30.1
12 12     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 236
13 13     ✸ CNG EA 355, 15 July 2015, lot 319