RPC VI, 9309 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9309 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Philadelphia
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΕϹΑΡ (sic) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κέσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛ ΚΟΙ ϹΥΡ (ϹΥΡ retrograde)
Edition Φιλ(αδελφέων) Κοί(λης) Συρ(ίας)
Translation of the Philadelphians of Coele Syria
Reverse design cart drawn by four horses, right, containing domed canopy supported by four pillars
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.67 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Sofaer 43–4
Specimens 11 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ Rosenberger 50 (as Severus Alexander)
2 2     Heritage World Coin Auctions Long Beach Signature Sale 357, 9 Sept. 2004, lot 12128
3 3     CNG EA 168, 11 July 2007, lot 212
4 4     ✸ Münzen & Medaillen GmbH (DE), Auction 18, lot 1771
5 5     IMJ Sofaer 43
6 6     IMJ Sofaer 44
7 7     O
8 8     Leeds-UL: 34
9 9     CGT coll. = Savoca 7th Blue London Auction, 17 Nov. 2019, lot 591
10 10     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 66, 27 June 2021, lot 153
11 11     Holy Land 19, 27 Mar. 2022, lot 260