RPC VI, 9365 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9365 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Charachmoba
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟ
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right; to right, star
Reverse inscription ΧΑΡΑΧ ΜωΒA (retrograde ΜωΒA)
Reverse design priest seated, left, holding vase(?), in front of motab altar with staircase, seen from left, supporting three piles of holy stones, topped by a sacred baetyl
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Spijkerman 5
Specimens 25 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1999 BMC 3
2 2     B: R1878
3 3     B: L1906
4 4     NY: 2012.71.96
5 5     IMJ Rosenberger 2
6 6     J-SBF Spijkerman 5.1
7 7     J-SBF Spijkerman 5.2
8 8     Agora Auctions Numismatic 63, 20 Dec. 2016, lot 162
9 9     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1061
10 10     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1062
11 11     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1063
12 12     CNG EA 229, 10 Mar. 2010, lot 356
13 13     CNG EA 323, 26 Mar. 2014, lot 290 = CNG EA 538, 10 May 2023, lot 461 = CNG EA 548, 18 Oct. 2023, lot 380
14 14     CNG EA 330, 9 July 2014, lot 224
15 15     CNG EA 332, 6 Aug. 2014, lot 245
16 16     ✸ CNG EA 378, 13 July 2016, lot 385
17 17     CNG EA 390, 1 Feb. 2017, lot 370
18 18     CNG EA 427, 22 Aug. 2018, lot 390
19 19     Gemini, LLC VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 699
20 20     Gemini, LLC VII, 9 Jan. 2011, lot 879 = CNG > Mail Bid Sale 82, lot 891
21 21     Heritage World Coin Auctions Long Beach Signature Sale 357, 9 Sept. 2004, lot 12107
22 22     Meshorer, City-Coins 275 = Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles 41, 27 May 2007, lot 2715
23 23     Münzen & Medaillen GmbH (DE), Auction 18, lot 1779
24 24     Numismatica Ars Classica 64, 17 May 2012, lot 1948
25 25     CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 658