RPC VI, 9330 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9330 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Bostra
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΕϹΑΡ (sic) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΒΟϹΤΡΗΝωΝ
Reverse design front view of temple with two columns, within which Zeus Ammon-Sarapis standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and patera; at his feet, ram(?), left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference Kindler, Bostra 32a
Specimens 17 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0805.1630
2 2     L: 1872,0709.346 BMC 20
3 3     Cop: 143
4 4     NY: 1961.154.174 SNG 1212
5 5     NY: 1944.100.69278 SNG 1213
6 6     IMJ Rosenberger 35.1
7 7     IMJ Rosenberger 35.2 = 36.2(?)
8 8     IMJ Rosenberger 37
9 9     J-SBF Spijkerman 40.2
10 10     J-SBF Spijkerman 40.3
11 11     J-SBF Spijkerman 40.4
12 12     J-SBF Spijkerman 40.5
13 13     ✸ Münster: M 5832 CNG EA 234, 9 June 2010, lot 186
14 14     CNG EA 273, 8 Feb. 2012, lot 301
15 15     Lindgren I, 2535
16 16     Roma Numismatics EA 78, 17 Dec. 2020, lot 886
17 17     Sofaer 36