RPC VI, 9233 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9233 (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 front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧ (retrograde Ν) [ΠΡ ΙΠ ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥΛ?]
Edition Ἀντιοχ(έων) πρ(ὸς) Ἵπ(πῳ) ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσύλ(ου)
Translation of the Antiochians near Hippum, sacred, inviolable
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel, within which Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 8.13 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 32
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     J-SBF Spijkerman 32.1
2 2     J-SBF Spijkerman 32.2
3 3     ✸ CGT coll. = Naumann (Pecunem) Gitbud & Naumann 26, 14 Dec. 2014, lot 415