RPC VI, 30803 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30803 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΥΖΙΚΗ(ΝΩΝ) ΝΕΩΚΟ(Ρ)(Ω)(Ν)
Edition Κυζικηνῶν νεωκόρων
Translation of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design inscription within laurel-wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.31 g
Axis 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12
Reference SNG 805–7
Specimens 23 (12 in the core collections)
Note Sometimes ΝƐΩΚΟΡΩΝ.  For the attribution to Elagabalus rather than Caracalla, see introduction.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Elsen 119, 7 Dec. 2013, lot 496
2 2     P: 455 SNG 807
3 3     Mu
4 4     V: GR 16152
4 4     CGT coll. = Kairos Auction 6, 19 Aug. 2018, lot 450
5 5     V: GR 38591
5 5     Münster: M 1001
6 6     L: 1839,1224.263 BMC 250
7 7     Emporium Hamburg 67, 10 May 2012, lot 499
8 8     P: 485 SNG 806
9 9     P: 484 SNG 805
10 10     Mu
11 11     ✸ O: Walker Waddell, 12 Sept. 1987, lot 337
12 12     O: Milne
13 13     Stockholm SNG Sweden 2 2036
14 14     Bern SNG Righetti 703
15 15     Lindgren III, 247
16 16     Leeds-UL: 1506
17 17     CGT coll.
18 18     NY: 1944.100.42850
19 19     CGT coll., ex Naville Numismatics 16, 12 July 2015, lot 323
20 20     CGT coll.
21 21     P: AA.GR.14860