RPC VI, 30561 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30561 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Amastris
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥΡΗ[ΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ]
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus (?), right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Ἀμαστριανῶν
Translation of the Amastrians
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding thyrsus and cantharus; to left, panther
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.24 g
Axis 8
Reference Rec —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The portrait is not very suggestive of Elagabalus, but it is unlike others of Caracalla. As coins for Elagabalus (as opposed to Julia Maesa and perhaps Alexander Caesar) are not otherwise attested, this coin has been assigned to Elagabalus, although the absence of a value mark is surprising. See also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/93229.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ Automan Coll. ex Forun Ancient Coins (Elagabalus)