RPC VI, 8269 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8269 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue AΛΦ = 531 (group 2)
Dating 219/220
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ 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 27 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 1763
Specimens 14 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1841,0730.182 BMC 119
2 2     P: B1957 Rouvier 1763.9
3 3     B: F1873
4 4     NY: 1944.100.72624
5 5     NY: 1944.100.72625
6 6     V: GR 22280
7 7     Beirut-AUB: C1232 50 = Rouvier 1763.11(?)
8 8     Beirut-AUB: C1237 51
9 9     Beirut-AUB: C1235 54
10 10     Gorny & Mosch 191, 11 Oct. 2010, lot 1871
11 11     Rouvier 1758.7
12 12     Rouvier 1763.10
13 13     Rouvier 1763.12 = Mi V, 406, 451
14 14     Rouvier 1763.13