RPC VI, 9243 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9243 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Abila
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue BΠϹ = 282
Dating 218/19
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟ (retrograde)
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, left, raising hand, seen from front
Reverse inscription ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝωΝ Κ Ϲ Ι Ϲ ΑϹΥ (or ΙΕ ΑϹ [...?] ϹΥ) ΒΠϹ
Reverse design front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in pediment, topped by Nike, right, within which lighted altar; on either side, square tower, each having a door and three windows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note A. Lichtenberger, INR 10 (2015), pp. 155-68, has suggested that the unusual obverse identifies the emperor with Sol.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ: 20.82.04144 ex Rosenberger 20 = Lichtenberger pl. 7.2
2 2     J-MJA: 3670 Lichtenberger pl. 7.1
3 3     CNG EA 335, 24 Sept. 2014, lot 346 = CNG 96, 14 May 2014, lot 662
4 4     ✸ CNG Triton XVII, 7 Jan. 2014, lot 763