RPC VI, 10135


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/10135 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	10135 (temporary)
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue	L Δ = 4
Dating	220/1
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 Δ
Edition	(ἔτους) δʹ
Translation	of year 4
Reverse design	Nike advancing right, holding palm branch and wreath
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Average weight	16.68 g
Axis	12
Reference	E 2966 (4)
Specimens	5 (2 in the core collections)
Note	These coins look as if they have been struck with tetradrachm dies.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	B: 18206188	1892/96	27	14.68	12		Show
2	2	NY: 1975.160.10		27	18.68	12		Show
3	3 ✸		J. Aiello coll.					Show
4	4 –5		Jungfleisch lot 156				'tetradrachms on cast bronze flans' suggests that the coins may have been hemidrachms, although this cannot be regarded as certain	Show