RPC VI, 8244 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8244 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Orthosia
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΑΛΦ = 530
Dating 218/219
Obverse inscription [...] ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΟΡΘωϹΕΩΝ ΑΛΦ
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel in the middle within pediment, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, resting on long sceptre, crowned by small Nike standing on column, left; at her feet, river god swimming, right; in exergue, lighted altar between two stairways
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu: 1980