RPC VI, 8258 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8258 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue AΛΦ = 531 (group 1)
Dating 219/220
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing decorated cuirass, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙ ΝΑΥΑΡΧΙϹ ΑΛΦ
Reverse design ship with sail, left; above, caps of the Dioscuri
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 2, 7, 12
Specimens 12 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1920,0728.55
2 2     L: 1907,1102.20 BMC 133
3 3     P: 912
4 4     B: L1906
5 5     B: F1873
6 6     NY: 1984.65.164
7 7     NY: 1948.19.2280
8 8     NY: 1992.54.1190
9 9     NY: 1944.100.72635
10 10     Beirut-AUB: C1246 58
11 11     CNG MBS 73, 13 Sept. 2006, lot 661
12 12     Roma Numismatics E-Sale 6, 22 Feb. 2014, lot 286