RPC VI, 8737 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8737 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Aquilia Severa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription IVL AQVILIA SEVERA AV(G?)
Edition Iul(ia) Aquilia Severa Aug(usta)
Translation Julia Aquilia Severa Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Aquilia Severa, right
Reverse inscription COL PTOL
Edition col(onia) Ptol(emais)
Translation Colony of Ptolemais
Reverse design two male figures (the Dioscuri?) standing facing on bases, looking at each other, each wearing cap, raising hand and holding sword(?), on either pillar of a bridge with three arches; to left, club, to right, caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.47 g
Axis 12
Reference Sofaer 218
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note A. Kropp, 'Tripolis and Orthosia tetradrachms: attributions and analysis', Revue Belge de Numismatique 2021, 143-89, at 161-2, has identified the figures as Perseus with harpa and Medusa head and Hermes with caduceus.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 218