RPC VI, 9243 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9243 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Abila
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue BΠϹ = 282
Dating 218/19
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟ (retrograde)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντωνῖνο(ς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antoninus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, left, raising hand, seen from front
Reverse inscription ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝωΝ Κ Ϲ Ι Ϲ ΑϹΥ (or ΙΕ ΑϹ [...?] ϹΥ) ΒΠϹ
Reverse design front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in pediment, topped by Nike, right, within which lighted altar; on either side, square tower, each having a door and three windows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 16.82 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note A. Lichtenberger, INR 10 (2015), pp. 155-68, has suggested that the unusual obverse identifies the emperor with Sol.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ: 20.82.04144 ex Rosenberger 20 = Lichtenberger pl. 7.2
2 2     J-MJA: 3670 Lichtenberger pl. 7.1
3 3     CNG EA 335, 24 Sept. 2014, lot 346 = CNG 96, 14 May 2014, lot 662
4 4     ✸ CNG Triton XVII, 7 Jan. 2014, lot 763