RPC VI, 9260 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9260 (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 ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ ΑΠϹ
Edition Γαδαρέων απσʹ
Translation of the Gadarenes, 281
Reverse design Heracles(?) standing in military dress, right, holding cista mystica on column, from which serpent emerges, and raising arm; at his feet, lion climbing on column, right; behind, lion crouching, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.49 g
Axis 10, 12
Reference Sofaer 87
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1961.154.201 SNG 1329
2 2     ✸ Sofaer 87