RPC VI, 8204 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8204 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Aradus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΖΟΥ = 477
Dating 218/219
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΑΡΑΔΙωΝ [Ε Ζ(retrograde)ΟΥ?]
Edition Ἀραδίων ἐτους ζουʹ Ἀραδίων ἐ(τους) ζουʹ
Translation of the Aradians, of year 477
Reverse design cypress tree between bull, right, and lion, left, confronted; in the background, standard shaped as a hand behind the bull, vexillum behind the lion; over lion's head, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.72 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1966.453
2 2     B: 1852/10141
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 191, 9 July 2008, lot 127
4 4     Savoca London 3 Silver, 15 Sept. 2019, lot 149
5 5     Leu WA 28, 9–14 Dec. 2023, lot 2659 = Solidus 96, 22 Mar. 2022, lot 1139
6 6     GSA Numis 2, 4 Jan. 2025, lot 350