RPC VI, 30246 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30246 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ
Edition τρὶς νεωκόρων Νικομηδέων
Translation thrice neocorate of the Nicomedians
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia and rudder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 11.61 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
3 3     ✸ Rauch 74, 7 Dec. 2004, lot 302 = Solidus 89, 16 Nov. 2021, lot 1082; Franke coll. = Nicomédie (Bithynie). Münzauktion Essen, 93, 2005, lot 190
4 4     Solidus 96, 22 Mar. 2022, lot 1049 = Solidus 106, 11 Oct. 2022, lot 1328