RPC VI, 9281 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9281 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Capitolias
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΡΚ = 120 (group 1)
Dating 218
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ (?)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΚΑΠΙΤω ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ, ΡΚ
Reverse design front view of temple with eight columns with superstructure, within which Zeus(?) seated, right, holding long sceptre and patera(?); date in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 13.97 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Spijkerman 24a
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1908,0110.2349
2 2     Rosenberger 17
3 3     Spijkerman 24a