RPC VI, 9253 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9253 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΑΠϹ = 281
Dating 218
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 radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΟΜ ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ ΕΤ ΑΠϹ
Edition Πομπηιέων Γαδαρέων ἔτους απσʹ Πομ(πηιέων) Γαδαρέων ἔτ(ους) απσʹ
Translation of the Pompeian Gadarenes, year 281
Reverse design galley, left, with eight rowers; at stern, navigator and; at prow, figure standing and holding standard; below, dolphin, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 20.73 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer, City-Coins 224
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.2475
2 2     P: R2330
3 3     NY: 1944.100.69362 SNG 1330
4 4     IMJ Meshorer, City-Coins 224
5 5     IMJ Rosenberger 79
6 6     CNG EA 246, 15 Dec. 2010, lot 235
7 7     CNG EA 282, 11 July 2012, lot 206
8 8     CNG EA 340, 3 Dec. 2014, lot 293
9 9     CNG EA 344, 11 Feb. 2015, lot 343
10 10     Leu WA 19, 19 Feb. 2022, lot 2390 = CNG 73, 13 Sept. 2006, lot 659 = Superior Galleries, 2 June 1992, lot 4544
11 11     Sofaer 92
12 12     ✸ Zurqieh Ancient Coins
13 13     Nomos obolos 36, 23 Feb. 2025, lot 684