RPC VI, 2036 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 2036 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Istrus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) 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 ΙϹΤΡΙΗΝΩΝ, Ε
Edition Ἰστριηνῶν εʹ
Translation of the Istrians, 5
Reverse design rider-god Mithras on horse-back advancing, right, wearing mantle and kalathos; behind, bird on top of a torch(?), right; before, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.64 g
Axis 1, 6, 8
Reference Mouchmov 186, AMNG 509–10, SNG Stancomb 880
Specimens 17 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1892,0403.1
2 2     P: M6340 = Mi S, II, 69, 94(?)
3 3     ✸ C: 2290.2003
4 4     C: 2364.2003
5 5     NY: 1957.52.372
6 6     O
7 7     O
8 8     Bucharest AMNG 510.1
9 9     Parma AMNG 509.1
10 10     Turin: ? AMNG 509.2
11 11     AMNG 510.2 (Mandl)
12 12     Berk Buy or Bid Sale 217, 30 Nov. 2021, lot 423
13 13     GalerieNum IV, Nov. 2004, 342
14 14     GalerieNum IV, Nov. 2004, 343
15 15     Lanz 149, June 2010, 471
16 16     M&M 16, May 2005, 145
17 17     SNG Stancomb 880