RPC VI, 8270 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8270 (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 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 29 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Rouvier 1758
Specimens 13 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 387
2 2     P: B1958 Rouvier 1758.1
3 3     ✸ B: L1906
4 4     B: I-B1900
5 5     C: L2705 SNG 6072
6 6     NY: 1944.100.72619
7 7     O
8 8     V: GR 22275
9 9     Beirut-AUB Rouvier 1758.5
10 10     Gorny & Mosch 225, 14 Oct. 2014, lot 1899
11 11     Lindgren I, 2355
12 12     Rouvier 1758.3 = Mi V, 406, 452
13 13     Rouvier 1758.4 = Mi VIII S. 294, 266