RPC VI, 8251 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8251 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Orthosia
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΓΛΦ = 533
Dating 221/222
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΟΡΘΩϹΕΩΝ ΓΛΦ
Edition Ὀρθωσέων γλφʹ
Translation of the Orthosians, 533
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 25 mm
Average weight 9.13 g
Axis 1, 7
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: E2920 Rouvier 880.1 = Mi V, 366, 188(?)
2 2     NY: 1944.100.71176
3 3     NY: 1944.100.71179
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.71178
5 5     V: GR 22285
6 6     CNG EA 334, 3 Sept. 2014, lot 243
7 7     CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 381
8 8     Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A. > Auction 114, Sept. 2012, 457
9 9     Lindgren I, 2310 (as Severus Alexander)