RPC VI, 9259 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #18

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9259 (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 laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΟΜ ΓΑΔ(ΑΡΕ) Ι Α Α Γ Κ ϹΥΡ, ΑΠϹ
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; in the exergue, sometimes, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Spijkerman 76, 78
Specimens 20 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.2473
2 2     P: 304
3 3     P: 1968.161
4 4     P: 305 Spijkerman 76.4(?)
5 5     B: L1906
6 6     IMJ Rosenberger 84
7 7     J-SBF Spijkerman 76.1
8 8     J-SBF Spijkerman 76.2
9 9     J-SBF Spijkerman 76.3
10 10     J-SBF Spijkerman 78
11 11     Leeds-UL: 368
12 12     CNG EA 163, 25 Apr. 2007, lot 200
13 13     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1228
14 14     Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles 103, 20 Feb. 2018, lot 2139
15 15     Numismatica Ars Classica 59, 4 Apr. 2011, lot 1423
16 16     Roma Numismatics EA 76, 5 Nov. 2020, lot 574
17 17     Roma Numismatics EA 77, 26 Nov. 2020, lot 674
18 18     ✸ Sofaer 86
19 19     Zurqieh Ancient Coins
20 20     Zurqieh Ancient Coins