RPC VI, 8173


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8173 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	8173 (temporary)
Province	Syria Coele
Region	Syria
City	Laodicea ad Mare
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue	Group 2
Obverse inscription	IMP C M AVR ANTONINVS AVG
Edition	Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation	Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design	radiate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription	LAVDICEON Δ Ε
Edition	Laudiceon δʹ ἐ(παρχειῶν)
Translation	of the Laodiceans, of the 4 eparchies
Reverse design	Dionysus standing nude facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus over panther, left
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	18 mm
Average weight	5.75 g
Axis	1, 2, 12
Reference	Lindgren 2102
Specimens	7 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	L: 1975,0411.172		19	6.09	1	Show
2	2	P: Y23879.187		19	5.92		Show
3	3	NY: 1944.100.66463		18	6.19	12	Show
4	4 ✸		CNG EA 446, 19 June 2019, lot 241	20	3.95	12	Show
5	5		Lindgren I, 2102	20	6.68		Show
6	6		Nomos obolos 20, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 446	13	6.69	2	Show
7	7		D. Lowe	18	4.70	1	Show