RPC VI, 30819 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30819 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design emperor on horseback, left hurling spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 5.62 g
Reference Rec —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Not definitely Elagabalus. The portrait resembles https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/53238, also of Elagabalus or Caracalla.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ Numismatik Naumann 144, 1 Sept. 2024, lot 300 = Numismatik Naumann 136, 7 Jan. 2024, lot 331