RPC VI, 8363 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8363 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ (all N retrograde)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design radiate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ ΚΟ ΕΜΙϹ(ΩΝ) Ε ΗΛΙΑ ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition μητρόπολις κολωνεία Ἐμίσων εʹ Ἥλια Πύθια μητρ(όπολις) κο(λωνεία) Ἐμίσων εʹ Ἥλια Πύθια
Translation metropolis, colony of Emesa, 5, Helian Pythian (games)
Reverse design prize crown between two palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.94 g
Axis 12
Reference SNG Glasgow 3168, Nurpetlian Orontes Valley 43 (part)
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1001
2 2     P: 993
3 3     ✸ G SNG 3168 = Hunterian III, 197, 12