RPC VI, 1797 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1797 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Tomis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ(ΑΙ) Μ ΑΥΡ(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ (or ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΠΟΝΤΟΥ ΤΟΜΕΩϹ Δ
Edition Μητροπό(λεως) Πόντου Τόμεως δʹ
Translation of the Metropolis of Pontus, Tomis, 4
Reverse design Hermes standing facing, head left, sometimes wearing boots, holding caduceus, purse and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.78 g
Axis 1
Reference AMNG 3066–7
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2001.554
2 2     Sofia AMNG 3066.2
3 3     Sofia AMNG 3067.1 = RN 1893, 59, 54
4 4     Sofia AMNG 3067.2
5 5     AMNG 3066.1
6 6     AMNG 3067.3
7 7     Roma Numismatics EA 26, 30 Apr. 2016, lot 434