RPC VI, 9273 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9273 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue BΠϹ = 282
Dating 218/19
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ Κ ϹΥ Ι ΑΥ ΒΠϹ
Reverse design Heracles(?) standing in military dress, right, holding cista mystica on column, from which serpent emerges, and raising arm; at his feet, lion climbing on column, right; behind, lion crouching, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 80
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 308
2 2     IMJ Spijkerman 80 = Meshorer, City-Coins 226
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 369, 24 Feb. 2016, lot 449