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	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 Β
Edition	ἔτους βʹ (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.

#	Specimen	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