RPC VI, 173 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 173 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων
Translation of the Thessalonicans
Reverse design Nike advancing, left, holding palm branch and Kabeiros
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.79 g
Axis 10, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 127–9, 134–5
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O Touratsoglou 127 (found in Strymon)
2 2     ✸ O Touratsoglou 128 (found in Strymon)
3 3     O Touratsoglou 135 (found in Strymon)
4 4     Bern: N/G744
5 5     Kavala Touratsoglou 129 (found in Amphipolis)
6 6     Touratsoglou 134