RPC VI, 8263 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8263 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue AΛΦ = 531 (group 1b)
Dating 219/220
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΜΑΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤωΝ ΑΛΦ
Reverse design front view of temple of Astarte with arcuated lintel in the middle between two wings with four columns with a pediment each, all within larger pediment; within the central portion, Astarte standing, facing, wearing turreted crown, resting on long sceptre and being crowned by Nike standing on small column at her left; below, stairway, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.72626
2 2     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 872