RPC VI, 10901 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10901 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Caesarea Germanica
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΙΑϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΗϹ ΟΛΥΜΠΟϹ
Reverse design Mount Olympos, half-naked, lying left, his right hand on his right knee, holding branch in left hand; in front of him, the Emperor (?) standing right, resting with his right hand on sceptre (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1
Reference Rec 16 (as Caracalla)
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18220918, I-B Rec 16