RPC VI, 8361 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8361 (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 radiate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ Κ ΕΜΙϹ Ε ΗΛΙΑ ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition μητρόπολις κολωνεία Ἐμίσων εʹ Ἥλια Πύθια μητρ(όπολις) κ(ολωνεία) Ἐμίσ(ων) 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 22 mm
Average weight 5.91 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Nurpetlian Orontes Valley 43 (part)
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Leeds-UL: 1185
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     CNG EA 367, 27 Jan. 2016, lot 388
4 4     ✸ Demos 35, 22–23 June 2024, lot 969
5 5     Richard McAlee coll., ex Nummitra 88, 25 Oct, 2025, lot 348