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
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὔγουστ(ος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΙΑϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΗϹ ΟΛΥΜΠΟϹ
Edition Καισαρείας Γερμανικῆς Ὀλύμπος
Translation of Caesarea Germanica, Olympus
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
Average weight 7.14 g
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