RPC VI, 3010 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3010 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΟϹ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγουστος
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
Reverse design the Emperor(?) standing facing in military dress, head left, holding spear and patera over lighted and garlanded altar; to left, boar leaping, right, under a tree; above, eagle flying, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.80 g
Axis 1
Reference BMC 25 (as Caracalla)
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1872,0709.149 BMC 25
2 2     L: 1927,1201.2
3 3     P: 1972.1206