RPC VI, 9253 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #12

 

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 ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΟΜ ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ ΕΤ ΑΠϹ
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
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer, City-Coins 224
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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