RPC VI, 7949 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7949 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Uncertain mint of the Syrian Tetradrachms
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΥΠΑΤΟС ΤΟ Β (group 1 Laodicea style)
Dating 219
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ Β Δ Ε
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος τὸ βʹ δʹ ἐ(παρχιῶν)
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the second time, of the 4 eparchies
Reverse design eagle standing right, head left, holding wreath in beak and spreading wings; star between legs
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.88 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference McAlee 758–9, Prieur 257, 261, 267, 270, 273–4, 276
Specimens 23 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bern: N/82.1991 SNG 1991
2 2     Bern: N/82.1992 SNG 1992
3 3     McAlee 758.1
4 4     McAlee 758.5
5 5     Prieur 257
6 6     Prieur 261
7 7     Prieur 267
8 8     Prieur 270
9 9     Prieur 273
10 10     Prieur 256
11 11     Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger 338, 9 May 2018, lot 718
12 12     CNG EA 417, 28 Mar. 2018, lot 381
13 13     O
13 13     ✸ Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd 116, 21 Nov. 2017, lot 4223
14 14     Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG Blue 3, 25 Nov. 2017, lot 663
15 15     CGT coll.
16 16     Franke coll. = Antioche (Syrie). Ceylan, 11, 2007
17 17     Bern: N/G1841
18 18     Bern: N/G1842
19 19     Bern: N/G1847
20 20     CGT coll.
21 21     Boston: 1998.530
22 22     L: 1994,0915.180