RPC VI, 9258 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9258 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΑΠϹ = 281
Dating 218
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΓΑΔ[...] Ι Α Α [ ]Κ ϹΥΡ, ΑΠϹ
Edition Γαδ[---] ἱ(ερᾶς?) ἀ(σύλου?) α(ὐτονόμου?) [---]Κ(οιλῆς) Συρ(ίας) απσʹ
Translation of the Gadarans[---] sacred, sanctuary, autonomous(?) [---], of Coele-Syria, 281
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with tortile columns, within which Zeus seated, left, holding long sceptre and thunderbolt; at his feet, eagle, right; date in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 10.02 g
Reference Spijkerman 77
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: Y23879.311