RPC VI, 181 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 181 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ(Ε)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσε(βής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων
Translation of the Thessalonicans
Reverse design Kabeiros standing facing, head left, holding rhyton and hammer; on either side, elephant tusk in cylindrical container
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 5.87 g
Axis 2, 7
Reference Touratsoglou 25–7
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ G Hunterian 67 = Touratsoglou 27
2 2     Mu Touratsoglou 25
3 3     Mu: 119 Touratsoglou 26
4 4     O. Kučera Coll.