RPC VI, 9257 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9257 (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, two dolphins facing each other
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 18.92 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Tübingen: Slg. Müller 1114
2 2     ✸ Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG 248, 14 Mar. 2014, lot 7558