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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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
Average weight 11.31 g
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