RPC VI, 30763 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30763 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Diocleia
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΥΓ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Αὔγ(ουστος) Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Augustus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΚΛΕΑΝΩΝ ΜΟΞΕΑΝΩΝ
Edition Διοκλείων Μοξείων
Translation of the Diocleans Moxians
Reverse design Cybele seated left, holding patera and leaning elbow on tympanum; to left, lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 8.12 g
Reference vA Phryg. -
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note It seems odd to have an additional ΑΥΓ in the middle of the obverse legend, but that does seem to be the reading. The portrait is also unexpected for Elagabalus, but there are no Severan coins from Diocleia..
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Olympus Numismatik 11, 30 Mar. 2024, lot 237