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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβής 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 (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

# Specimen 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