RPC VI, 30522 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30522 (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 A[VG]
Edition 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 CAESARΙA LIBANU COL, [Α]ΛΦ
Edition Caesaria Libanu(m) col(onia) αλφʹ
Translation Caesarea ad Libanum, colony, 531
Reverse design Astarte enthroned facing, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and uncertain object, flanked by two bulls; to left and right, poppies (?) on long stems
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 19.15 g
Axis 1
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 105, 19 Jan. 2023, lot 650