RPC VI, 9345 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9345 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Esbus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ (sic) C M AVR ANTONINV
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) C(aesar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninu(s)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΥΡ ΕϹΒΟΥϹ
Reverse design front view of shrine with four columns with arcuated lintel between small pediment on each wing, within which Tyche standing facing turreted, head left, holding small bust and spear and placing foot on prow(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.45 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Spijkerman 3
Specimens 14 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.2414 BMC 3 = Spijkerman 3.1(?)
2 2     L: 1908,0110.2416 BMC 4
3 3     L: 1908,0110.2415 BMC 5
4 4     P: M4641
5 5     J-SBF Spijkerman 3.2
6 6     ✸ Münster: M 5866 CNG EA 293, 19 Dec. 2012, lot 213
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CNG EA 163, 25 Apr. 2007, lot 196
9 9     Goldberg 106, 4 Sept. 2018, lot 1292
10 10     Roma Numismatics E-Live 3, 25 Oct. 2018, lot 438
11 11     Sofaer 4
12 12     Sofaer 5
13 13     CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 659
14 14     CGT coll. ex Roma Numismatics eSale 13, 29 Nov. 2014, lot 280