RPC VI, 8258 (temporary)

 

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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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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
Average weight 10.13 g
Axis 1, 2, 7, 12
Specimens 12 (9 in the core collections)
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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