RPC VI, 8359 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8359 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design radiate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΚΟ ΕΜΙϹ Ε Ε ΗΛΕΙΑ ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition μητρόπολις κολωνεία Ἐμίσων εʹ Ε Ἥλεια Πύθια μητ(ρόπολις) κο(λωνεία) Ἐμίσ(ων) εʹ Ε Ἥλεια Πύθια
Translation metropolis, colony of Emisa, 5, E(?), Helian Pythian (games)
Reverse design prize crown between two palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.52 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 21671
2 2     Leeds-UL: 1184
3 3     Lindgren I, 2048
4 4     ✸ Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 631
5 5     Sol XLVI, 18 Oct. 2025, lot 225