RPC VI, 1776 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1776 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Tomis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγουστος Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγου(στος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, left, holding spear and decorated shield, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟΥ ΤΟΜΕΩϹ Δ
Edition Μητροπόλεως Πόντου Τόμεως δʹ Μητρο(πόλεως) Πόντου Τόμεως δʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Pontus, Tomis, 4
Reverse design Demeter standing facing, head left, holding corn ears over lighted altar and long sceptre around which serpent is coiled
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.81 g
Reference AMNG 3047
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 8299 AMNG 3047.1 = Mi S, II, 189, 767
2 2     Gorny & Mosch 271, 29 May 2020, lot 187
3 3     ✸ Lanz 117, Nov. 2003, 997
4 4     Varbanov 1, 5194