RPC VI, 8792 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8792 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Diospolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Year 19
Dating AD 218
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΟΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντ{ο}<ω>νῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription Λ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΔΙΟϹΠΟΛΙϹ, ΙΘ
Reverse design laureate, turreted and draped bust of Tyche left, raising arm holding sceptre (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 9.07 g
Axis 6
Reference Sofaer 8 ('Caracalla'), Farhi, Diospolis 21 = Farhi, Lod-Diospolis 15
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ Sofaer 14 ('Demeter') = Farhi, Diospolis p. 158 no B ('excluded coins')
2 2     ✸ Farhi, Lod-Diospolis 15