RPC VI, 8175 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8175 (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 (sic) Δ Ε
Edition Laudiceon δʹ ἐ(παρχειῶν)
Translation of the Laodiceans, of the 4 eparchies
Reverse design Heracles standing nude, right, and Dionysus standing nude, left, wrestling with each other; behind Heracles, club; behind Dionysus, thyrsus (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.03 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference BMC 105–7
Specimens 17 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1988,0206.37 'Claudiopolis'
2 2     L: 1847,1101.277 BMC 105
3 3     L: 1850,0326.112 BMC 106
4 4     L: 1849,0801.2 BMC 107
5 5     P: M1171
6 6     Mu
7 7     O
8 8     CNG EA 152, 15 Nov. 2006, lot 190
9 9     CNG EA 244, 10 Nov. 2010, lot 350
10 10     CNG EA 300, 10 Apr. 2013, lot 167
11 11     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2267
12 12     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 1126
13 13     ✸ Leu EA 19, 26 Feb. 2022, lot 2387 = Aufhäuser 4, 7 Oct. 1987, 380
14 14     M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 674
15 15     Peus 388, 1 Nov. 2006, lot 1131
16 16     NBS Auctions EA 19, 23 July 2023, lot 224
17 17     Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 111 = Gorny & Mosch 67, 2 May 1994, 666