RPC VI, 30856 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30856 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Amastris
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [ ]
Edition --- [---]
Translation [---]
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus (?), right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [ΑΜ]ΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Ἀμαστριανῶν Ἀμαστριανῶν
Translation of the Amastrians
Reverse design Zeus standing facing, head left, holding a long sceptre in his right arm and holding up drapery with his left arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 10.97 g
Axis 7
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/87041.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Nomos Obolos Webauction 34, 10 Nov. 2024, lot 647