RPC VI, 8273 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8273 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue [?]ΛΦ = 531/532
Dating 219/221
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ [.]ΛΦ
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 23 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 1764corr.
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1335 BMC 126
2 2     P: B1965 Rouvier 1764.4
3 3     B: L1906
4 4     NY: 1934.94.17
5 5     ✸ NY: 1944.100.72648
6 6     Beirut-AUB: C1236 55
7 7     Bern: N/82.2313 SNG 2313
8 8     CNG EA 204, 11 Feb. 2009, lot 73
9 9     Lindgren I, 2358