RPC VI, 10013 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10013 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue L A = 1
Dating 218
Obverse inscription Α ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΜΑ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Μᾶ(ρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription L Α, ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition (ἔτους) αʹ Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation of year 1, Antoninus
Reverse design Nike standing right, inscribing shield on column
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.89 g
Axis 12
Reference D 4127, E 2943 (1) a
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Note The inscription on the shield is almost legible: ΑΝΤWΝ Ɛ[  ] seems clear and C. Gigandet has suggested ΑΝΤWΝ ƐΥϹƐΒ, on the analogy of  VICTORIA ANTONINI AVG on coins from Rome, referring to the defeat of Macrinus. However ΑΝΤⲰΝ-ƐΙΝ[ΟϹ] seems the most likely reading.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     D 4127
2 2     DS 9817 = Naville Numismatics 65, 30 May 2021, lot 308
3 3     DS 9818 = Naville Numismatics 78, 11 Dec. 2022, lot 193
4 4     Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 612 = DS 9819
5 5     ✸ J. Aiello coll.
6 6     CNG EA 565, 3 July 2024, lot 534