RPC VI, 9284 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9284 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Capitolias
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΡΚΒ = 122
Dating 219/20
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΚΑΠΙΤω ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ, ΡΚΒ
Reverse design front view of temple with eight columns with superstructure and two squared towers, within which Zeus(?) seated, left, holding long sceptre and patera(?); date in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG 46, 24 June 1998, lot 878
2 2     ✸ CNG 97, 17 Sept. 2014, lot 501
3 3     R. Hoppensteadt coll.