RPC VI, 8741 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8741 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C M AVPI (sic) ANTONINVS [?]
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL PTO
Reverse design front view of portable shrine with two columns, within which Zeus Heliopolitanus standing facing, holding sceptre and axe(?); to left, and right, uncertain objects; in the exergue, thunderbolt;
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference Sofaer 205
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: L1906
2 2     O
3 3     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 205
4 4     CGT coll.