RPC VI, 30836 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30836 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Antioch ad Hippum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Undated
Obverse inscription [ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ] ΑΝΤΩΝ[ΕΙΝΟϹ]
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧ (retrograde Ν) [ΠΡ ΙΠ ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥΛ], ΖΕΥ, [ΑΡΟΤΗϹΙ]
Edition Ἀντιοχ(έων) πρ(ὸς) Ἵπ(πῳ) ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσύλ(ου) Ζεὺ(ς) Ἀροτήσι(ος)
Translation of the Antiochenes ad Hippum, the sacred sanctuary, Zeus Arothesios
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns, within which Zeus Arothesios standing, left, in short chiton, holding thunderbolt(?), surrounded by stars and crescents; at his feet, small Pegasus, left; inscription in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.80 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 571, 25 Sept. 2024, lot 479