RPC VI, 8719 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8719 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CA M AV ANTONIN[...?]
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion and aegis, holding spear on his shoulder, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL(ONI) PTO
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia, crowned by Nike standing, left, on small column behind her; in the exergue, uncertain object (harpa?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Kadman, Ptolemais 144 (as Caracalla)
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1258
2 2     L: 1908,0110.1254 BMC 37
3 3     Braunschweig Kadman, Ptolemais 144
4 4     IMJ: 78.1714
5 5     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 197