RPC VI, 3024 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3024 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus over panther, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 2.45 g
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Perhaps the same as https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/83587?

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 15872