RPC VI, 30247 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30247 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Bithynium Claudiopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ[ΛΙΟϹ?] ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design radiate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΒΙΘΥΝΙΕΩΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The authenticity of the coin is problematic. The portrait is odd, and the legend otherwise unparallelled for Bithynium at this time. It might have been altered from something else.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Savoca Blue 4, 29 Dec. 2017, lot 710