RPC VI, 30255 (temporary) (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30255 (temporary) (forgery)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Alliance with Ephesus
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κα(ῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ ΚΕ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ, ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design two temples with two columns seen in perspective, each holding cult-statue: Kore of Sardis (?) and Artemis of Ephesus (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 26.69 g
Axis 7
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note An unconvincing coin. It looks tooled. The obv. legend is very odd for Elagabalus, and the reverse is nonsense and must have been altered from something else. The identifications of the cult statues is taken from the sale catalogue description. If correct, then the coin would be intended to be an alliance coin of Sardis and Ephesus.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Bertolami EA 105, 21 Oct. 2021, lot 2303 ex Gorny & Mosch 186, 8 March 2010, lot 1594