RPC VI, 8286 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8286 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Soaemias (Augusta)
Issue BΛΦ = 532
Dating 220/221
Obverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ϹΕΜΙΑϹ (sic) ϹΕΒ
Obverse design draped bust of Julia Soaemias, right
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤωΝ ΒΛΦ
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns of Zeus Hagios with facing bust of Astarte(?) in the pediment, within which lighted altar in the middle, approached by steps, Helios on the left, standing facing, raising hand, and Selene on the right, standing facing, holding long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Rouvier 1768
Specimens 31 (16 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1871,0802.5 BMC 115 (as Elagabalus)
2 2     L: 1900,0707.267 BMC 135
3 3     L: 1900,0707.269 BMC 136
4 4     P: 12918
5 5     P: B1974 Rouvier 1768.1
6 6     P: B1976 Rouvier 1768.2
7 7     P: B1975 Rouvier 1768.6
8 8     ✸ B: L1906
9 9     B: L1906
10 10     Cop: 293
11 11     G Hunterian III, 262, 26 = SNG 3288
12 12     NY: 1944.100.72653
13 13     NY: 1944.100.72652
14 14     NY: 1944.100.72651
15 15     O
16 16     V: GR 22286
17 17     Beirut-AUB: C1247 59 = Rouvier 1768.5(?)
18 18     Beirut-AUB: C1248 60
19 19     Beirut-AUB: C1249 61
20 20     Bern SNG 2314
21 21     Leeds-UL: 381
22 22     CNG EA 339, 19 Nov. 2014, lot 291
23 23     Gorny & Mosch 191, 11 Oct. 2010, lot 1870
24 24     Missere 946
25 25     Rouvier 1768.10
26 26     Rouvier 1768.3 = Mi V, 408, 465
27 27     Rouvier 1768.4
28 28     Rouvier 1768.7 = Mi VIII S. 295, 272
29 29     Rouvier 1768.8
30 30     Rouvier 1768.9
31 31     CGT coll.