RPC VI, 8725 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8725 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [...?]ANTONINVS AVG
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription [COLO PTOLEMAIS?]
Reverse design Perseus standing facing, head left, wearing winged boots and chlamys, holding harpa and Gorgon's head; to left, caduceus over shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Reference Lindgren III, 1414a, reading the rev. as LXII (sic)
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Lindgren III, 1414a