RPC VI, 9382 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9382 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Petra
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP M AV ANTWNIN
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription PETA COΛNIA (retrograde)
Reverse design Heracles seated on rock, left, holding out hand and trophy over shoulder (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Spijkerman 13a corr.
Specimens 14 (0 in the core collections)
Note A. Kaplun, 'Four Notes Regarding Reattribution of some City Coins of Arabia, Galilee and the Deca­polis', OZeAN 2, 2020, pp. 133-40. https://www.uni-muenster.de/Ejournals/index.php/ozean/article/view/3016/2943. Easily confused with coins of Adraa: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/57638

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     J-SBF Spijkerman 13a.1 ('Adraa')
2 2     J-SBF Spijkerman 13a.2 ('Adraa')
3 3     Sofaer 13 (Adraa)
4 4     Sofaer 12 ('Adraa')
5 5     Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles 98, 6 June 2017, lot 1705 ('Adraa')
6 6     Kaplun fig. 3
6 6     Holy Land 19, 27 Mar. 2022, lot 292 (Adraa)
7 7     Kaplun fig. 4
8 8     Kaplun fig. 6
9 9     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 72, 25 June 2020, lot 773 ('Adraa')
10 10     Zurqieh coins
11 11     Zurqieh coins
12 12     Holy Land Auction 16, 20 Jun. 2021, lot 223 (Adraa)
13 13     CGT coll.