RPC VI, 9332 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9332 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Bostra
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΕϹΑΡ (sic) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟ
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΔΟΥϹΑΡΗϹ (sometimes retrograde) ΘΕΟϹ
Reverse design motab altar with staircase, seen from left, supporting three piles of holy stones, topped by a sacred baetyl
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Kindler, Bostra 33
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.69280 SNG 1215
2 2     NY: 1944.100.69281 SNG 1216
3 3     J-SBF Spijkerman 43
4 4     ✸ J. Kagan Coll.
5 5     Lindgren I, A2535A
6 6     Sofaer 37
7 7     Leu WA 28, 9–14 Dec. 2023, lot 2714