RPC VI, 8280 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8280 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue BΛΦ = 532
Dating 220/221
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΒΛΦ
Edition Τριπολιτῶν βλφʹ
Translation of the Tripolitans, 532
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 26 mm
Average weight 12.05 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Rouvier 1761
Specimens 17 (9 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B
2 2     B: 1908/5Morel
3 3     B: I-B1900
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.72621
5 5     NY: 1944.100.72622
6 6     NY: 1944.100.72631
7 7     NY: 1944.100.72633
8 8     NY: 1944.100.72632
9 9     O
10 10     Beirut-AUB: C1242 48
11 11     Beirut-AUB: C1243 49
12 12     Markov 11, 3 Sept. 2003, lot 207
13 13     Rouvier 1761.1
14 14     Rouvier 1761.2
15 15     Rouvier 1761.3
16 16     Rouvier 1761.4
17 17     Rouvier 1761.5 = Mi V, 406, 457