RPC VI, 8233 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8233 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Caesarea ad Libanum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue AΛΦ = 531
Dating 219/220
Obverse inscription IMP [C?] M AVR ANTONINVS AVG
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL CESARΙA LIB(ANI) ΑΛΦ
Edition colonia Cesaria Libani αλφʹ col(onia) Cesaria Libani αλφʹ
Translation the colony Caesarea of Lebanon, 531
Reverse design Marsyas standing, right, holding wineskin over shoulder and raising hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 11.09 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rouvier 736
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 960
2 2     B: 1908/5
3 3     NY: 1944.100.70927
4 4     ✸ CNG > Electronic Auction 189, 119
5 5     M&M Deutschland 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 835
6 6     Rouvier 736
7 7     WW (John Noory, August, 2003.)
8 8     Becker Coll.
9 9     Nummitra 76, 17 Aug. 2025, lot 101