RPC VI, 9256 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9256 (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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος 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 (ΕΤ) ΑΠϹ
Edition Πομπηιέων Γαδαρέων ἔτους απσʹ Πομπ(ηιέων) 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, to left, dolphin, right; to right, tstar(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 18.91 g
Reference Sofaer 91
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 29, 31 Oct. 2008, lot 2696