RPC VI, 10027


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/10027 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	10027 (temporary)
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue	L B = 2
Dating	218/9
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 Β
Edition	(ἔτους) βʹ
Translation	of year 2
Reverse design	Emperor standing right, with sceptre over shoulder and patera over altar; to right, column with head of Sarapis
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	22 mm
Average weight	12.03 g
Axis	12
Reference	D 4094, BMC 1524, E 2925 (2) b
Specimens	6 (3 in the core collections)
Note	Compare https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/50181, attributed to year 1.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: 1864,1118.612	BMC 1524	22	12.84			Show
2	2	Mu: 317						Show
3	3	O: HCR27137			10.54			Show
4	4 ✸	A: 3499			12.72	12		Show
5	5		D 4094				Emmett 2925 (2) a describes the bust as draped and seen from rear, but it seems a laureate head in DS	Show
6	6		J. Aiello coll., ex Agora-Pegasi BB 154, 21 Aug. 2018, lot 239					Show