RPC VI, 9273 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9273 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue BΠϹ = 282
Dating 218/19
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος 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 Κ ϹΥ Ι ΑΥ ΒΠϹ
Edition Γαδαρέων Κοιλῆς Συρίας ἱερᾶς? αὐτονόμου? βπσʹ Γαδαρέων Κ(οιλῆς) Συ(ρίας) ἱ(ερᾶς?) α(ὐτονόμου?) βπσʹ
Translation of the Gadarenes, of Coele-Syria, sacred, autonomous(?), 282
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 26 mm
Average weight 11.01 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 80
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 308
2 2     IMJ Spijkerman 80 = Meshorer, City-Coins 226
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 369, 24 Feb. 2016, lot 449