RPC VI, 9296 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9296 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Pella
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΒΠϹ = 282 (Group 1)
Dating 219/20
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΙΠ Τ Κ ΠΕΛΛΑΙωΝ ΝΥΦ Κ ϹΥ ΕΤ ΒΠϹ
Edition Φιλιππέων τῶν καὶ Πελλαίων νυμφαίῳ Κοίλης Συρίας ἔτους βπσʹ Φιλιπ(πέων) τ(ῶν) κ(αὶ) Πελλαίων νυ<μ>φ(αίῳ) Κ(οίλης) Συ(ρίας) ἔτ(ους) βπσʹ
Translation of the Phillipans, also called Pellans, nymphaion(?), of Coele-Syria, year 282
Reverse design the Acropolis of Pella topped by temple with six columns on podium supported by pillars; at the feet of the cliff, colonnade with gateways
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.80 g
Axis 12
Reference Sofaer 14
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 14