RPC VI, 9255 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9255 (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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) 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 ΠΟΜΠ ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ ΑΠϹ
Edition Πομπ(ηίων) Γαδαρέων απσʹ
Translation of the Pompeian Gadarenes, 281
Reverse design galley, left, with eight rowers; at stern, navigator and; at prow, figure standing and holding standard; below, to left, dolphin, right; sometimes, to right, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 18.40 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Spijkerman 85
Specimens 18 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.2476
2 2     L: 1908,0110.2474
3 3     L: 1931,0603.19 Spijkerman 88.1corr.(?)
4 4     P: 306 Spijkerman 85.2
5 5     B: 1910/322
6 6     J-SBF Spijkerman 85.1
7 7     J-SBF Spijkerman 85.3
8 8     ✸ Leu WA 28, 9–14 Dec. 2023, lot 2643 = CNG 118, 13 Sept. 2021, lot 745 = CNG EA 525, 19 Oct. 2022, lot 697 = Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles 37, 10 Sept. 2006, lot 3439
9 9     CNG EA 289, 24 Oct. 2012, lot 229
10 10     CNG EA 296, 13 Feb. 2013, lot 182
11 11     CNG EA 368, 10 Feb. 2016, lot 281
12 12     CNG MBS 73, 13 Sept. 2006, lot 659
14 14     Sofaer 91
15 15     Sofaer 93
16 16     Sofaer 94
17 17     Zurqieh Ancient Coins
18 18     Zurqieh Ancient Coins
19 19     Sol Numismatik Special 1, 8 June 2024, lot 109