RPC VI, 10921 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10921 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Demeter standing facing, head left, holding long torch and corn ears; (at her feet, lighted altar)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 5.00 g
Reference Rec 558var.
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note the specimen in Munich catalogued in Rec is in fact Caracalla

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Wildwinds
2 2     Savoca Blue 105, 12 Jun. 2021, lot 1110