RPC VI, 8203 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8203 (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 Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΡΑΔΙωΝ Ε Ζ(retrograde)ΟΥ
Edition 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 14.94 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 418corr. (as Caracalla)
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)

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