RPC VI, 8362 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8362 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ (all N retrograde)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ Κ ΕΜΙϹ Ε ΠΥΘΙΑ ΗΛΙΑ
Edition μητρόπολις κολωνεία Ἐμίσων εʹ Πύθια Ἥλια μητρ(όπολις) κ(ολωνεία) Ἐμίσ(ων) εʹ Πύθια Ἥλια
Translation metropolis, colony of Emesa, 5, Pythian Helian (games)
Reverse design prize crown between two palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.12 g
Axis 6
Reference SNG Glasgow 3169
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 3169 = Hunterian III, 197, 13
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 576, 4 Dec. 2024, lot 435 = Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 241 = Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger 378, 28 Apr. 2004, lot 1142
3 3     Richard McAlee coll.