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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design radiate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΒΙΘΥΝΙΕΩΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Βιθυνιέων Ἁδριανῶν Βιθυνιέων Ἁδριανῶν
Translation of the Bithynian Hadrianians
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.25 g
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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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Savoca Blue 4, 29 Dec. 2017, lot 710